Nameer Khairullah Mohammed; Nur Fazhilah Hanim Binti Halim; Anis Shobirin Meor Hussin
Volume 24, Issue 4 , December 2024, , Pages 92-104
Abstract
The type of cooking method that retains the optimum amount of nutrient in vegetables and fruits is still necessary to understand its impact. This study deals with the effects of three basic conventional cooking treatments (blanching, boiling and stir-frying) on the micronutrient content of three varieties ...
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The type of cooking method that retains the optimum amount of nutrient in vegetables and fruits is still necessary to understand its impact. This study deals with the effects of three basic conventional cooking treatments (blanching, boiling and stir-frying) on the micronutrient content of three varieties of (Solanum melongena L.) known as short, round and long purple eggplant fruits. Proximate analysis, texture analysis, colour analysis, pH, titratable acidity, total soluble solid and simple sugar analysis were carried out for this purpose of study. The proximate analysis revealed that there was a significant loss of nutrients during cooking treatments, with a high loss for boiling, followed by blanching and stir-frying. Fat content for short variety was dropped from 2.25% in a stir-fry to 0.02% in boil treatment, and protein content was decreased from 1.68% in blanching to 110% in stir-fry treatment. Texture properties and simple sugar content observed a significant change for each treatment, while there were no significant changes observed in colour, pH, titratable acidity and total soluble solid of the samples. Stir-fry is the most suitable cooking method in retaining the optimum amount of nutrient in all the three varieties of eggplant.
Raafat Riyadh Abdul wahhab; Mohammed Azzat Mohammed; Ahmed Saker Abdullah
Volume 21, Issue 1 , March 2021, , Pages 102-112
Abstract
The research aimed to identify the level of knowledge of eggplant farmers with the most important scientific recommendations for growing it in greenhouses in the Zaliya village of Samarra distric and its relationship to some variables. The research population included all eggplant growers in Zalaya village ...
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The research aimed to identify the level of knowledge of eggplant farmers with the most important scientific recommendations for growing it in greenhouses in the Zaliya village of Samarra distric and its relationship to some variables. The research population included all eggplant growers in Zalaya village which number (133) farmers, a random sample of (75%) was selected, bringing the number of farmers to (100) respondents. The data were collected by the personal interview method using a questionnaire form specially prepared for this purpose. consisting of two parts. A part is concerned with the independent factors for the respondents and a second part is related to the dependent factors The paragraphs in this part were of the type (choice of alternatives,). The first field: Establishing a greenhouse includes (12) paragraphs. The second field agricultural operations / soil service includes (10) field paragraphs. The third agricultural operations / crop service includes (21) paragraphs. The fourth field includes marketing operations (7) paragraphs. After verification of the face and content validity of the measuring tool. and presented to the specialists, the reliability was calculated using the Alpha Cronbach method. And used in displaying and analyzing the data: Percentage, arithmetic mean, simple correlation coefficient (Pearson), correlation coefficient (Spearman), and t-test to analyze research data using statistical analysis program Spss. The most important result of the research came as follows:● 61% of the respondents had their level of knowledge within the intermediate category, with an average of (30.6) degrees, and this means that most of the respondents had a lack of knowledge of eggplant farmers with the most important scientific recommendations for growing it in greenhouses.● There is a correlation between the knowledge level of eggplant farmers and the most important scientific recommendations related to cultivating eggplant in greenhouses and each of: age, educational level, and land tenure.
