ANALYSIS OF NUTRITIONAL COMPONENTS OF WILD CODONOPIS LANCEOLATA IN DABIE MOUNTAINS

The nutritional components and elementary Analysis of Codonopis Lanceolata is analyzed in this paper.Content of water was analyzed by constant weight method.Crude protein content was determined by Kjeltec analyzer.Crude Fat content was tested by soxhlet method.Total sugar content was tested by Fehling's reagents hot titration method.Metallic elements content was detected by AAS.Phosphate content was determined by visible spectrophotometer.The amount of nutritional components contained in Codonopis Lanceolata as following: water 6.55,crude fat 3.31,total sugar 54.83,crude protein 9.15 g/100 g;total amino acid 5.15 g/100 g,essential amino acid 0.70 g/100 g;minor elements: Cu 1.19,Zn 3.64,Fe 20.01,Mn 22.09 mg/100 g,Ca 0.15,Mg 0.11,P 0.96 g/100 g.The results indicate that Codonopis Lanceolata is rich in nutrients,and is a favorable nutrition source of healthy food making.