1Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural. Chemistry, Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat- 785013, Assam, India
2Department of Biochemistry, G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar- 263153, Uttarakhand, India
*Author for correspondence: Email: rajesh.bal@gbpuat.ac.in
Online Published on 13 July, 2022.
People are now becoming more concerned about their health, that is why they are moving to diets that have health claims and beneficial nutrients. Therefore, the present study was conducted to shed light on a few specialty rice cultivars from Odisha. These traditionally cultivated cultivars were rich in nutritional and health-promoting components. The objective of the present investigation was to carry out the nutritional value and antioxidant activity of these specialty rice cultivars from Odisha. A total of ten specialty rice (eight were aromatic and two were pigmented) and one as a check variety were taken in the study. The results showed that the selected specialty rice cultivars (pigmented and scented) were found to be superior to check variety in different nutritional parameters in the grain such as carbohydrates (71.31- 84.33 g%), crude protein (6.66- 10.384 g%), crude fibre (0.19- 0.984 g%), crude fat (1.08- 2.35 g%), total phenolic content (0.27- 0.83 g GAE/100gm), total anthocyanin (0.31- 5.02 Cya-3-gluE mg/100g FW), and antioxidant activity (10.21- 55.32%). From the results, it could be concluded that the black rice cultivar appeared to be a promising cultivar with a superior nutritional composition and antioxidant activity and thus has importance in health and great market potentiality.
Specialty rice, Carbohydrate, Crude protein, Crude fibre, Crude fat, Ash, Phenolics, Anthocyanin, Antioxidant activity
