Dr. Salman Ahmed

Near infrared spectroscopy of cicer arietinum l., seeds

• Authors Details :  
• Darakhshan Masroor,  
• Rafi Akhtar Sultan,  
• Salman Ahmed ,  
• Muhammad Mohtasheemul Hasan

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NIRS is an advanced, fast, reliable, and non-destructive technique that is extensively used in the chemical, food, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries for rapid and reliable standardization. NIRS of Cicer arietinum L. Desi and Kabuli variety seed flours were performed to evaluate secondary metabolites qualitatively. The principal suggested compounds in Cicer arietinum Desi and Kabuli variety were found as adenine, biochanin-A, biochanin-B, biochanin A 7-O- β -D-glucoside, calycosin, cerebroside, choline, ciceritol, citric acid, daidzein, fructose, garbanzol, genistein, glucose, inositol, isoliquiritigen, liquiritigenin, methyl tetracosanoate, ononin, pyrimidine, saccharose, sissotrin, stigmasterol, trifolirhizin. β- amyrin and β-sitosterol. These compounds' presence justifies using Cicer arietinum as a nutritional food and tonic.

Article Subject Details

• Health Science
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacy
• Research
• Research methodology

Article Keywords Details

• Cicer arietinum
• Near infrared spectroscopy
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacy
• Phytochemical investigation
• Phytomedicine
• Spectroscopy

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