• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.649-652
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• 2009

Nutritional compositions in edible portion of Castanopsis cuspidata seeds were investigated. Moisture content of Castanopsis cuspidata was 24.72 (Wt. %), crude protein was 2.19% (Wt. %), crude lipid was 0.83% (Wt. %), ash was 1.04% (Wt. %), and carbohydrate was 52.63% (Wt. %) in Castanopsis cuspidata seeds. Major amino acids were glutamic acid, aspartic acid, arginine and histidine, and minor ones were alanine, serine, proline, and valine. Sucrose was the highest content of free sugar in the seed. Major fatty acids were linolenic acid (18:3), palmitic acid (16:0) and oleic acid (18:1). Major minerals were P, K, Mg, Zn and Ca at the level of 88.31, 26.00, 13.20, 10.90, and 3.93 mg/100 g, respectively.