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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PULP, SEED AND PEEL OF RED GRAPE FROM LIBYA

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Salem Abdrabba* and Saltana Hussein

Abstract
This study was carried out on pulps, seeds and peels of local red grape variety named (Sultana) at Al – Gabal Al – Akhder region from El – Beida city, Libya at the optimum maturity to determine proximate chemical composition, some minerals and vitamins and total phenolic content of the three parts mentioned above. The results showed that the pulp and peel had high percentage of moisture compared with the seed, the total solids contents were vice versa, while the seeds had high percentage of fiber and protein, the pulp and the seed had high content of carbohydrates compared with peel. On the other hand the peel showed high content of calcium, magnesium, phosphor and potassium, while the pulp showed low content of calcium, iron and magnesium, the seed showed high content of iron and low content of phosphor and potassium. From another point the peel gave high value of vitamin A, while the seed gave high value of vitamin C and total phenolic content.