Determination on the Content of Nutritional Ingredient in the Fruit of Capparis spinosa

The contents of amino acids,mineral elements,polysaccharide and total protein in the fruit of Capparis spinosa had been determined by automatic amino acid analyzer HITACHI Model 835-50,Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Model Aanalyst 800,Flame Spectrometer,Phenol-sulphuric acid colorimetry and Kjeldahl s method respectively.The result showed that the fruit of Capparis spinosa contained eighteen species amino acids,including 7 species essential amino acids for human body.Total amino acid contents of the fruit was amounted for 16.91%.Total polysaccharide amounted for 23.37%.Total protein amounted for 16.94%.The fruit of Capparis spinosa content rich nutritional ingredient,which reserved to be further exploited.