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Abstract
The work to be described here was undertaken to figure out the possibility of using celery for preparing functional food (Biscuit). The second target of the study is to evaluate this plant as antiobesity through feeding study. The results showed that: the celery leaves contained moderate amounts of protein, fat, ash and fiber (19.3%), (1.76%), (19.55%) and (13.67%), respectively. Followed by celery seeds (17.25%), (0.41%),(10.18%) and (40.35%),respectively.The contents of magnesium, manganese, calcium, iron, sodium, copper, zinc and phosphate found in celery leaves were 620 mg ,86.25 mg ,1.030 mg , 226.2 mg , 625 mg, 9.75 mg ,37.5 mg and 29.98 mg / 100 g, respectively. As for celery seeds, their contents of the a aforementioned minerals were 460 mg ,52.5 mg , 750 mg , 148.92 mg , 288 mg, 11.87 mg , 44.37 mg and 44.71 mg / 100 g, respectively. Phenolic acids were identified in both dried celery leaves and seeds powder extracts. The main compounds were E.vanillic (76.44 mg / 100 g) followed by Alpha-coumaric acid(57.87 mg / 100 g) in dried celery leaves powder, where E.vanillic acid and iso-ferulic acid were the main ones in the case of dried celery seeds powder extracts, since their values were (81.31 and 39.47 mg/100g),respectively. Ten flavonid compounds were identified in celery leaves and seeds extracts. Rutin (42.56 mg / 100 g) followed by Hespirdin (41.56 mg / 100 g) were the main flavonids in celery leaves extracts. Meanwhile Hespirtin and Hespirdin were the main ones in case of dried celery seeds powder extracts (4.09 and 3.80 mg/100g), respectively. Antibacterial activity of dried celery (leaves and seeds) was determined in quantities of 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 μl against four bacterial strains. The water absorption of the wheat flour was gradually increased with increasing the level of replacement (celery leaves powder) which reached 59.5, 58.2,57.5,56.2 and 55.6% for wheat paste replaced with 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 and 20% of celery leaves, respectively compared to 60.6% for control. The biological experiment was performed on normal and obese rats after feeding on meals contained celery powder of leaves and seeds replaced with 2.5 and 5%, celery leaves and seeds powder that improved the final weight of the body and the efficiency of rats to use feed compared to obese rats (positive control).