PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF THREE VARIETIES OF KOLA NUT SELECTED FROM ALAMISI MARKET IKIRUN, OSUN STATE NIGERIA.
Abstract
Three (3) varieties of Cola, a tropical African crop of the family Sterculiacea, were gotten from Ikirun, State of Osun Nigeria, conventional method was used to cured it by wrapping it in clean leaves of banana to decrease the quantity of moisture lost and after that set aside for fourteen days in the laboratory before used. Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) 1984 methods was used to carry out proximate analysis of the species. The results obtained showed that Cola nitida had (60.80%), moisture, (2.94%) ash, (7.91%) crude protein, and (2.70%) caffeine. Cola accuminata had (56.30%) moisture, (3.04%) ash, (8.68%), crude protein and (2.75%) caffeine, while Garcinia Kola had (51.30%) moisture, (2.95%) ash, (8.90%) crude protein and (2.96%) caffeine.
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