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Paper title
PRODUCTION OF ANNONA MURIATA JUICE AND DETERMINATION OF ITS PROXIMATE COMPOSITION

Paper author
ANYAELESIM IFEANYI PASCHAL AND MBAMA PEACE CHINAZA

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Abstract
Fruit Juice is the liquid naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue fruit and can be prepared mechanically by squeezing fresh fruits or fresh vegetables. Soursop juice is diuretic while other parts have antibacterial, anti- cancerous, astringent, sedative and other properties.The study was conducted to determine the proximate composition of soursop juice .The soursop juice was prepared using AOAC (1995) method and proximate composition was determined in terms of moisture, ash, protein, ether extract and crude fibre. The result shows thattheproximate composition contain moisture 30.39%,ash 2.52%,fiber 2.03%,fat 3.06% and carbohydrate 58.02%.The result of this research will highly be of an advantage to patients that have infections like urinary tract infection, wound infection, scuvry etc which soursop have being found to have given a final blow therefore it is recommended for consumption . Keywords: Soursop Juice, Proximate Analysis, Fibre, Composition


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