APPENDIX I 



Carotene Content of Plants 



Note : Only values obtained using well-authenticated chemical 

 methods of analysis are tabulated. Values for processed 

 foodstuffs are not included. 



(A). GREEN TISSUES. 



Common Name 



Botanical Name 



Carotene content (mg./lOO g.) 



Fresh 

 wt. 



Ref. 



Dry 



wt. 



Ref. 



Agathi 



Alkali drop-seed 



Amaranth 



Andropogon 

 Asparagus 

 (Green) 



Aster 



Australian beard- 



Bahia grass 

 Bajri (Indian Millet) 

 Banana (Plantain) 

 Barley (grass) 



,, (whole plant) 

 Beet (tops) 



Bengal gram 



Bermuda grass 

 Berseem (Egyptian 

 clover) 



Big blue stem 



Biri 



Black finger 

 Bird's foot trefoil 

 Black grama 

 Blue grama 



Blue grass 

 Blue joint 



Bottle gourd 

 Bracken 

 Bristle grass 



Broad red clover 



Broccoli 



Sesbania gangeticus 

 Sporobolus aeroides 



Amaranthus gangeticus 



Andropogon annulatus 

 Asparagus acutifolius 



Aster tndiais 



Andropogon intermedins 

 Paspalum notatum 

 Pennisetum typhoideum 

 Mtisa paradisiaca 

 Hordium vulgare (sativum) 



Beta vulgaris 



Cicer arietinum 



Cynodon dactylon 

 Trifolium alexandrinum 



Andropogon provincinalis 



Biri spp. 

 Chloris cucullata 

 Lotus corniculatus 

 Bouteloua eripoda 

 Bouteloua gracilis 



Poa arachnifera 

 Calamagrostis canadensis 



Lagenaria vulgaris 

 Pteridium aquilinum 

 Setaria macrostachys 



Trifolium pratense 



14-3- 



2-7 



7-5b 



11-0 

 2-5-lM 

 4-4-11-8 



0-58 



3-58 



M2 



6-30 



4-5-5-6 

 0-7 

 9-6 



3-5 



8-4 



0-3— 7-7 

 0-54-1 0-7b 



13-0 



0-48- 



l3-9b 

 12-18 



0-44 

 -S-3b 



9-7 



0-8 



0-6-llt> 

 4-65 

 1-58 



83 



17 



18yb 



3-29-7-47 

 7-25 

 7-47 



14-0 

 27-1 



41-5 

 37-6 

 17-1 

 32-9-44-2 

 30-60 

 57-2 



18-7-41-3 



28-6 



18-8-36-2 



15-40 



0-33 



10-3 

 0-4-22-1 



11-9-16-5 



52-6 



0-54-12-57b 



0-51 



-26-9b 



114a 



0-54 



-16lb 



52-9 



0-25a 



15-8 



22-8-59-4b 



160-41 1 



49-2 



5-92 



21-3 



45-3-51 -7 



10-67 



289 



