Nutritional prospects of jackfruit and its potential for improving dietary diversity in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorNantongo, Judith S.
dc.contributor.authorOdoi, Juventine B.
dc.contributor.authorAgaba, Hillary
dc.contributor.authorGwali, Samson
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-28T11:52:04Z
dc.date.available2022-12-28T11:52:04Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractA sustainable way of providing essential nutrients from crops for the poor and undernourished is biofortification, through plant breeding. This study characterised the intraspecific variation of selected nutritional elements in the flakes and seeds of Ugandan jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) plus the phytochemical composition of leaves. The overall aim was to explore possibilities of selecting for varieties that are higher in selected essential nutrients. Selecting for nutrient dense crops has been mostly done for annual agricultural crops, and rarely for perennial fruit trees. Results: Uganda’s Jackfruit has high macronutrients, especially magnesium and calcium. This study revealed that the amounts of these macronutrients were higher than those found in commonly consumed fruits, giving jackfruit a nutritional advantage with respect to these nutrients. The varieties sampled also differed significantly (p < 0.01) for some nutrients such as vitamin C, crude fat, crude fibre, total soluble solids and juice yield, highlighting the potential for selection for targeted nutritional gains. The seeds however, had less amounts of most of the quantified nutrients that also differed among the varieties. Significant intraspecific variation of the leaf total phenolics was also observed. With regard to the quantified nutritional elements in the flakes, the ethno-varieties were separated in space along PC1 (p < 0.001), PC2 (p < 0.001) and PC3 (p < 0.01) indicating their distinctness.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNantongo, J. S., Odoi, J. B., Agaba, H., & Gwali, S. (2022). Nutritional prospects of jackfruit and its potential for improving dietary diversity in Uganda. BMC research notes, 15(1), 1-6.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-05916-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6693
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC research notesen_US
dc.subjectJackfruiten_US
dc.subjectIntraspecific variationen_US
dc.subjectMalnutritionen_US
dc.subjectPlant breedingen_US
dc.titleNutritional prospects of jackfruit and its potential for improving dietary diversity in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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