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  • Buchanania obovata: An Australian Indigenous food for diet diversification

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    Fyfe, Selina A
    Netzel, Michael E
    Tinggi, Ujang
    Biehl, Eva M
    Sultanbawa, Yasmina
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    Tinggi, Ujang
    Fyfe, Selina
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    2018
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    Aim: Buchanania obovata Engl., the Green Plum, is a small green fruit eaten by Australian Indigenous peoples of the Northern Territory and Western Australia that has had limited study and has potential as a source of food for diet diversification. The flesh and seed of the fruit are eaten and the plant is used as bush medicine. Methods: Physical characteristics of the fruit were measured. The flesh and seed freeze dried powders were measured separately for proximates, mineral/trace elements and heavy metals, and folate analysis. Vitamin C was analysed in the flesh. Results: The flesh is high in protein (12.8 g/100 g dry ...
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    Aim: Buchanania obovata Engl., the Green Plum, is a small green fruit eaten by Australian Indigenous peoples of the Northern Territory and Western Australia that has had limited study and has potential as a source of food for diet diversification. The flesh and seed of the fruit are eaten and the plant is used as bush medicine. Methods: Physical characteristics of the fruit were measured. The flesh and seed freeze dried powders were measured separately for proximates, mineral/trace elements and heavy metals, and folate analysis. Vitamin C was analysed in the flesh. Results: The flesh is high in protein (12.8 g/100 g dry weight (DW)) and both flesh and seed are high in dietary fibre (55.1 and 87.7 g/100 g DW, respectively). The flesh is high in potassium (2274.7 mg/100 g DW), and is a good source of magnesium (570.5 mg/100 g DW), calcium (426.0 mg/100 g DW) and phosphorous (216.8 mg/100 g DW), whereas the seed is high in iron (8.15 mg/100 g DW). The flesh contains folate at 752.4 μg/100 g DW and the seed contains 109.5 μg/100 g DW as pteroylmonoglutamic acid equivalents. Conclusions: The flesh and seed have good nutritional properties and the results support the use of the Green Plum for diet diversification and nutrition in Indigenous and non‐Indigenous populations in Australia.
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    Journal Title
    Nutrition & Dietetics
    Volume
    75
    Issue
    5
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12437
    Copyright Statement
    © 2018 Dietitians Association of Australia. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Buchanania obovata: An Australian Indigenous food for diet diversification, Nutrition & Dietetics, Volume 75, Issue 5, November 2018, Pages 527-532, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/1747-0080.12437. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
    Subject
    Food sciences
    Nutrition and dietetics
    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384761
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