Volume 24, Issue 73, January - June, 2023

Evaluation of proximate and mineral composition of wild Atriplex species growing in coastal Mediterranean, Egypt

Yasser A El-Amier^1♦, Mustafa M El-Zayat², Yassmen G Abdelkadir¹, Mohammed S Sultan¹, Luay Y El Hayyanya³

¹Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
²Unit of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Mansoura University, Egypt
³General Directorate of Health in Anbar, Rutba, Anbar, Ministry of Health, Iraq

^♦Corresponding author
Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

ABSTRACT

In this study, the mineral and proximate compositions of Atriplex species were analyzed. The Deltaic Mediterranean coastline area is an ideal habitat for the growth of these species organically. Atriplex lindleyi had the greatest carbohydrate content, whereas Atriplex portulacoides had the highest crude protein and fat content. The total digestible nutrients of the four Atriplex species were not significantly different from one another, with the greatest value found in A. semibaccata. Atriplex halimus, Atriplex lindleyi, A. semibaccata and A. portulacoides were shown to be the most nutritious of the four species investigated. In conclusion, the findings showed that the four Atriplex species tested are prospective sources of fodder producing halophytes, with A. halimus emerging as the most promising.

Keywords: Atriplex, halophytes, digestible nutrients, nutritional value, fodder

Species, 2023, 24(73), e32s1518

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e32s1518

Published: 11 April 2023