PHYSIO-ANALYTICAL STUDY AND TOTAL IRON CONTENT OF MANGIFERA INDICA L. (CHAUSA) USING SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC METHOD

Authors

  • TALAT MAHMOOD Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan
  • HAFSA . Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan
  • HUMERA ANWER Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan
  • IFFAT MAHMOOD Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan

Abstract

Present study comprise on physio-anlytical study of mango (Mangifera indica L.). The variety of mango used here is Chausa. It contain 72±2% moisture. TDS and UDS were determined in aqueous and acidic (0.1M of HCl and HNO3) extracts. Overall data of these mediums show that it contain 15% TDS and 11% UDS, so 2% will be the other constituents. Acidic environment is more favorable for extracting TDS within 6 hours. EDTA titration shows that HNO3 can extract out maximum metal content as compare to aqueous and HCl extract. Present study is also helpful for the utilization of a cheap spectrophotometric method for iron determination (FeSCN) in the ash of Chausa. Results reveal that iron content of Chausa is 3.26 to 4.66 ppm which is within the tolerance limit

Author Biographies

TALAT MAHMOOD, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan

Department of Chemistry,

HAFSA ., Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan

Department of Chemistry, 

HUMERA ANWER, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan

Department of Chemistry, 

IFFAT MAHMOOD, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-Pakistan

Department of Chemistry, 

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Published

2012-12-20

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 December (2012): Fuuast Journal of Biology

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