Vol. 10, Issue 7 (2021)

Author(s):
Vikash Kumar, Sanjay Sahay, Amrita Kumari, Ghanshyam Thakur and Balbir Kumar Verma

Abstract:
Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) is a minor fruit crop belongs to the family Solanaceae. Twelve genotypes of cape gooseberry namely as CITH Sel-I, CITH Sel-III, CITH Sel-V, CITH Sel-VII, CITH Sel-IX, CITH Sel-XI, CITH Sel-XV, CITH Sel-XVI, SS/VK/301, SS/VK/401, SS/VK/501 and SS/VK/601 evaluated for their biochemical attributes such as total soluble sugar (TSS), total acidity, total sugar, reducing sugar, carotenoids, phenolics, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, and antioxidant capacity for harshening maximum yield with high nutritive value. Result revealed that TSS (7.58-16.60^°Brix), total acidity (0.40-1.63%), total sugar (2.05-10.86%), reducing sugar (1.04-5.98%) total phenolics (6.33-20.17 mg/100g), flavonoids (2.44-16.60 mg/100g), carotenoids (0.60-5.12 mg/100g), ascorbic acid (18.33-42.90 mg/100g) and antioxidant capacity (21.82-129.3082 µMol trolex eq./100g) varied for different genotypes significantly.