QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF VITAMINS A, B1, B2 AND B6 IN PALMYRA FRUITS MARKETED IN GOMBE METROPOLIS

Danbature, W. L.; Fai, F. Y.; Khadijat, M. M.

doi:10.56892/bima.v1i01.16

QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF VITAMINS A, B1, B2 AND B6 IN PALMYRA FRUITS MARKETED IN GOMBE METROPOLIS

Authors

Danbature, W. L. Department of Chemistry, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria.
Fai, F. Y. Department of Chemistry, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria.
Khadijat, M. M. Department of Chemistry, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56892/bima.v1i01.16

Keywords:

Palmyra fruits, Spectrophotometry, and Vitamins

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the amount of vitamin A (retinol), B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin) and
B6 (pyridoxine) in Palmyra fruit. The fruits were purchased from Gombe market. One (1) g in 100ml of each
of the fruit extract was freshly prepared and used for the analysis. UV/Visible spectrophotometer (model
5400/5405) was used to quantify these vitamins. The results obtained for vitamins A, B1, B2 and B6 were
8.89±0.03 μg/100g, 0.0 mg/100g, 0.03±0.006 mg/100g and 3.50±0.20 mg/100g at λmax 335,747,445 and
465nm respectively. It could be concluded that the consumption of palmyra fruits should be encouraged as it
is rich in vitamins.

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Published

2016-12-09

How to Cite

Danbature, W. L., Fai, F. Y., & Khadijat, M. M. (2016). QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF VITAMINS A, B1, B2 AND B6 IN PALMYRA FRUITS MARKETED IN GOMBE METROPOLIS. BIMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2536-6041), 1(01), 22-27. https://doi.org/10.56892/bima.v1i01.16