Dietary Intake of Nitrate in India

✍ Scribed by Usha Gundimeda; A.N. Naidu; Kamala Krishnaswamy

• Book ID: 102589545
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 388 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0889-1575
• DOI: 10.1006/jfca.1993.1026

✦ Synopsis

This study was designed to determine the nitrate content of different foods from Andhra Pradesh. India. The nitrate content of cereals ranged from 20 to (76 \mathrm{ppm}); pulses, 39 to (114 \mathrm{ppm}); leafy vegetables, 30 to (270 \mathrm{ppm}); nuts and oil seeds, 8 to (113 \mathrm{ppm}); other vegetables 180 to (4000 \mathrm{ppm}); roots and tubers 31 to (2043 \mathrm{ppm}); and in condiments and spices, 145 to (4680 \mathrm{ppm}). Large variations were noted for all food groups. The percentage contribution of nitrates from food substances in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, computated from diet surveys, is as follows: cereals. 22.3%; pulses. (2.21 %); leafy vegetables. (1.38 %) nontuberous vegetables. (34.3 %) roots and tubers. (4.12 %) : nuts and oil seeds. (3.5 %) and condiments and spices. (32.1 %). The possible implications of high nitrate load are discussed. ici 1993 Academic Press. Inc.