Issue Description


Authors : Neeru Agrawal, Padmawati Hidame & Sunil Gurla

Page Nos : 36-40

Description :
Carbohydrate is an essential component of our diet because it is a major source of metabolic energy. A diet that does not contain carbohydrate can lead to muscle breakdown, ketosis and dehydration. This can be prevented by 50 to 100gms of carbohydrate per day. In the present work quantitative estimation of total carbohydrates present in flour of different types of grains were observed through spectrophotometer using phenol sulphuric acid method. Sulphuric acid causes all non reducing sugar to be converted to reducing sugar so that this method determines the total sugar present in food. In our findings we got maximum carbohydrate in rice i.e. 48% & minimum in corn i.e.40.2%. Therefore from rice we gain high calories of carbohydrates which increase the energy level in body. By knowing the carbohydrate % age in different food materials we can plan our diet as per our requirement.

Date of Online: 30 Sep 2014