Abstract:
Six varieties of Soybean were analysed to evaluate the effects of genotypes
on physico-chemical characteristics. Raw soybean genotypes exhibited oil
content (13.32- 17.17%) and palmitic (7.40- 10.89%), stearic (2.52- 3.78%),
arachidic (0.07- 0.43%), behenic (0.31- 0.62%) as saturated fatty acids and
palmitolic (0.05-0.13%), oleic (7.13-29.05%), linoleic (26.49-165.4%),
linolenic (4.84-8.96%) as unsaturated fatty acids. The major minerals were
observed the various ranges namely Ca (1.23-1.97%), Mg (0.66-0.77%), K
(1.19-1.48%), N (5.99-6.80%), P (0.73-0.94%), S (0.26-0.33%) among the
varieties. And the minor minerals were B (13.56-17.40ppm), Cu (6.36-
6.88ppm), Fe (106.7-162.8ppm), Mn (68.27-103.1ppm) and Zn (98.32-
65.95ppm). In comparison to the physico-chemical characteristics, Shohag
contained maximum amount of oil and Bangladesh Soybean-4 was the best
for total percentage of unsaturated fatty acids, whereas Shohag was the good
source of total saturated fatty acid. Most of the varieties found that the major
and minor minerals were more or less significantly difference among the
varieties.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
For the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
BIOCHEMISTRY
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2015
