EXTRACTION RATES AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SEED TYPES IN EGUSI (COLOCYNTHIS CITRULLUS L.)

Egusi seeds have been classified on the basis of thickness of the seed coat and the edge, texture of the seed coat and seed size.
Five seed types have been studied for the proportion of the peel, by volume and weight, to the kernel (extraction rate). Kernels of the different seed types have been analysed for fats and oils, total-N, soluble sugars, starch, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium, on a dry matter basis.
The thickness of the seed coat and the edges, and the texture of the seed coat determined the ease of hand peeling as well as the rate of extraction by both volume and weight.
There was no significant difference in chemical composition.

IV Africa Symposium on Horticultural Crops

C. Oyolu

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1977.53.38