Proximate composition and functional properties of Bulma cotton [Bombcapsis glabra] seeds

ABSTRACT

BOMBCAPSIS glabra seeds has percentage protein [16.50], crude fat [34.8], crude fibre [8.70] and ash [3.52] contents. The predominant mineral was potassium, 791mg/100g of sample. Palmitic acid was the predominant fatty acid constituting 75.0% in the seeds oil. The amino acid pattern of the seed flour showed that Aspartic and Glutamic acids were the major amino acids and that the seed flour was deficient in Leucine and Cystine. Physicochemical analysis of the seed oils showed that they could be classified as non-drying oils. Bombcarpsis glabra seed flour had high water and low oil absorption capacities 255.0 and 91.8%, respectively. It could serve as a good gelating agent with at least gelation concentration of 2.0%. The flour had poor foaming capacity but good foaming stability