Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
S Jeevitha and GJ Janavi, Dr. J Prem Joshua, Dr. V Vani and Dr. T Anitha

Abstract:
Micronutrient and vitamin deficiencies has spread all over the world. In most countries, especially women and children are malnourished due to lack of consumption of vegetables. Though green leafy vegetables (GLVs) are rich in vitamins and micronutrients, remains underutilised for human consumption. GLVs are highly perishable due to their high water content, it is important to process the greens to add value and promote their consumption in our regular diet.Chekurmanis is one such green leafy vegetable that is highly nutritious but is still underutilised. The purpose of this study is to compare the nutritional value of Chekurmanis leaves collected at three different leaf positions viz., top, middle and bottom whorl leaves and processed by different methods of drying (sun, shade and solar drying).The biochemical analysis revealed a considerable increase in all nutrients in dried leaf samples, indicating that they are concentrated source of nutrients. Shade dried samples had the maximum nutrient retention, followed by solar and sun dried samples.With respect to leaf positions, bottom whorl leaves holds the maximum nutritive value compared to top and middle whorl leaves.