Asian Research Journal of Current Science

The objective of this research was to determine the proximate composition (moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, crude ash, carbohydrate contents) and anti-nutritional factor (phytic acid content) of different sorghum varieties. This research was conducted at the Department of Postharvest Technology, Advanced Center for Agricultural Research and Education (ACARE), Yezin Agricultural University (YAU). The sorghum varieties, Yezin-7, Yezin-8, Yezin-9, and Yezin-15 were collected from Other Cereal Crop Research Section, Department of Agricultural Research (DAR), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation. The proximate composition of sorghum varieties was determined according to the method of AOAC (Association of Official Analytical Chemists). The phytic acid content was determined according to Wheeler and Ferrel's (1971) with slight modification. This experiment was laid out by Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with five replications. Within the sorghum varieties, Yezin-7 had the highest crude protein and crude fat content, whereas Yezin-9 had the highest fiber content. The highest amount of crude ash was found in Yezin-15. The anti-nutritional factor (phytic acid content) was the lowest in Yezin-8 and but not significant amount in Yezin-7. Among the different sorghum varieties, Yezin-7 is the suitable sorghum variety to be used for the production of protein rich sorghum-based products due to its high protein and low anti-nutritional factor (phytic acid).