Biochemical Constituents of Promising Cultivars of Brinjal

Edible fruits of sixteen long type Brinjal cultivars were analysed for biochemical parameters. Among the cultivars the variations for the dry matter, crude protein, total reducing, non-reducing sugars, ash, phosphorus, total sulphur and total phenolic constituents were found from 6.46–9.39 per cent, 0.89–1.17 per cent, 3.18–3.55 percent, 1.78–1.97 per cent, 1.27–1.50 per cent, 0.48−0.75 per cent, 95.0–204.4 mg/100 g, 27.7–143.5 mg/100 g, 58.3–175.0 mg/100 g, respectively on fresh weight basis. Anthocyanin and chlorophyll content in the peel of fresh fruit ranged from 0.0−0.34 O. D. and 0.15–2.10 mg/g tissue. Cultivars NDB-2, PBr-129-5, NDB-25, ARU-2C, Pusa Kranti and K-34745 were promising in yield performance.