Environmental Ethics

Author(s): S M Jain
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Note: The project was resubmitted in the prescribed proforma to the Department of Science and Technology. A meagre sum of Rs. 1.10 Lakhs only was sanctioned and Ms Sneh Sharma could analyse and evaluate nutritional status of 20 forest seeds only. The results are given in the following tables.
Table-3 PROXIMATE ANALYSIS
No. Name of Seeds
Moisture
Ash
Protein
Fat
Crude Fibre
5.33 7.80
3.14 0.90
6.27
1.69
5.59 5.28
4.23
1. Holoptelea integrifolia 2. Dendrocalamus strictus
Diospyros melanoxylon 4. Terminalia belerica
Prosopis chilensis Prosopis cineraria
Bauhinia purpurea 8. Capparis decidua 9. Pithecolobium dulce 10. Stercuila urens 11. Acacia catechu 12. Acacia leucophloea 13. Ziziphus mauritiana 14. Butea monosperma 15. Cassia tistula 16. Mangifera indica 17. Buchnania lanzan 18. Moringa oleifera 19. Tamarindus indica 20. Acacia nilotica
6.63 4.75 7.08 4.14 7.68 9.16 21.30 5.45 3.16 5.93 3.00 3.99 3.50 4.63
4.12 11.90 2.53 5.04 2.07 5.19 2.28 4.50 2.85 4.18 4.50 6.18 1.30 6.69 9.04 2.47 3.44 8.23 2.59 5.14
30.10 13.10 19.24 35.82 38.57 16.91 35.25 21.43 28.88 7.47 31.88 27.24 2.15 16.42
6.51 1.20 13.59 39.15 32.57 12.22 19.63 16.58 19.72 32.57 7.99 16.20 0.63 25.93 10.77 7.56 39.10 3.58 8.19 20.30
0.63 4.18 3.68 3.47 7.68 6.22 3.35 3.38 6.80 4.15 2.50 2.51 3.38 2.10 5.39 1.06 3.65
13.35
15.09 18.70 38.10 15.09 7.23
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