Title: Kamote tops (Ipomoeia batatas Linn) Decoction into Juice

CHAPTER I:
Introduction

Kamote tops (Ipomoeia batatas Linn). The leaves or so called “Kamote tops” is a good
source of vitamins A, B, C, iron, calcium and phosphorus. The tubers are high in
carbohydrates and mainly starch. Kamote tops are often eaten as local salad. Here are
just a few of the diseases it can help cure: heart diseases, high cholesterol, high blood
pressure, type 2 diabetes, bowel problems, irritable bowel syndrome, various cancers of
the bowel (mouth, stomach and colon cancers), kidney stones and many more. Eating
vegetables can also fight obesity. Vegetables are excellent filler foods because they are
low in fat, low in calories and high in fiber. It has a higher nutritional value than the
common potato. As you can see from our homes, steamed or saturated vegetables
added with garlic, tomatoes and onions are very healthy indeed. The reason why I came
up with this proposal because I thought of having a nutritious vegetable like “Kamote
tops” into a healthy beverage through its decoction. I chose Kamote tops because it is
high in complex carbohydrates and dietary fibers.

Statement of the problem:

This study aims to find out if Kamote tops (ipomoeia batatas Linn) decoction can be
made into juice. This study aims to answer he question:
1. Can Kamote tops (ipomoeia batatas Linn) decoction into juice?

Hypothesis:
Kamote tops (ipomoeia batatas Linn) decoction can be made into juice.

Significance of the study:

Kamote tops (ipomoeia batatas Linn) decoction into juice can help cure some diseases. It
is a type of plant that is known here in the Philippines, and it is commercially sold in
supermarkets nationwide. Kamote tops can also be planted in our backyards; they are
not hard to grow. It is not expensive thus it has vitamins and minerals to help keep us
healthy. By having this proposal, you can have Kamote tops cuisines after making the
liquid preparation.

Scope and Limitation:

This study is only limited in making Kamote tops (ipomoeia batatas Linn) decoction into
juice because of not having enough time in making this proposal, the researcher is
limited to make the production of the Kamote tops juice. The researcher will only limit
her studies in making the product and not on the components of the product produced.

Definition of terms:
Ipomoeia – any of the large genuses of mainly tropical herbs or
rarely shrubs or trees of the convolvulus family with
trumpet-shaped flowers, including the morning glory.

Kamote tops - a slender creeper with red tuberous roots. Leaves

simple, alternate, entire and deeply lobed. Flowers
purple, solitary in cymose clusters. Fruits globose
or ovoid capsules, seeds 2-4 cm flat and black
colored.

juice – the fluid part of vegetable or animal matter; especially, the

expressible watery matter in fluids of fruits, containing
usually the characteristic flavor.

CHAPTER II

Review of Related Literature:

Ipomoeia batatas Linn, sweet potation the tropics of America. This widely distributed,
cultivated plant, originally of South and Central America had developed many varieties at
the period of its discovery by Columbus. Peter Martyr, 1514, mentions batatas as
cultivated in Honduras and gives the name of nine varieties. In 1526, Oviedo not only
mentions sweet potatoes in West Indies, but says they often have been carried to Spain,
and that he had carried them himself to Avia, in castle. In Peru, Garcilasso de la Vega
says the apichu are of four or five colors. Some are red, others yellow, others white and
others brown, and this author was contemporary with the conquest. The camote of
Yucatan called in the island axi and batatas, is mentioned in the fourth voyage of
Columbus, and Phanca, Physician to the fleet of Columbus, in a letter dated 1494,
speaks of ages is among the productions of Hispaniola. Their mention thereafter in the
early botanies is frequent.

In Europe, sweet potatoes are mentioned by Cardanus, 1556 and Clusius, 1556. 1557,
notes that their culture had been attempt in Belgium. The culture of sweet potatoes is
noted for Virginia before1650. In 1750, Hughes says that at least 13 sorts are known at
the Barbados. In the Mauritius, Baer describes the round and long forms, white and
purple. At this time, Vilmorin describes two varieties now known, not one type can be
considered as modern in its appearance. The sweet potato is mentioned in England by
Gerarde, 1597, as growing in his garden and he says “they grow in India, Barbaric and
Spain and other hot regions”, a statement confirmed in part by Clusius, who states in
1601 that he had eaten them in Spain. This plant is noticed by Monads and by Label,
1570-1576. It’s cultivation ha been attempted in different parts of Italy but as yet, so
Targioni-Tozeth writes without success.

The sweet potato reached St. Thomas, off the African coast before 156-1574. In
Ramusio, we find in the Portuguese pilot’s relation. “The root which is called by the
Indians of Hispaniola ‘batata’ is named ‘igname’ at St. Thomas and is one of most
essential articles of their food. Rumphius says that the Spaniards carried these roots to
Manila and the Moluccas, whence the Portuguese distributed it through the Indian
Archipelago. It is figured by Rheede ang Rumphius as cultivated in Hindustan and
Amboynas. In Batavia, it was cultivated in 1665. Firminger speaks of it as one of the
native vegetables in common cultivation in all parts of India, the plant producing pink
flowers with a purple eye. In China, Mr. Fortune informed Darwin, the plant never yields
seeds. In the Hawaiian Islands, Wilker says there are 33 varieties, 19 of which are red
color and 14 white. In New Zealand, Tahiti and Fiji, it is colored by the same name. In
New Zealand, there is a tradition among the natives that it is first brought to the in
canoes composed of wood sewed together. Sweet potatoes are mentioned as one of the
cultivated products of Virginia in 1648, perhaps in 1610 and are mentioned again by
Jefferson, 1781. They are said to have been introduced into New Zealand in 1764 and to
have come into general use. John Lowell says that sweet potatoes of excellent quality
can be raised about Boston, but they are of no agricultural importance in this region. In
1773, Bertram saw plantations of sweet potatoes about Indian Villages in the South and
Romans refer to their use by the Indians of Florida in 1775. At the present day, sweet
potatoes are quitely cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries, as in Africa from
Zanzibar to Egypt, in India, China, Japan, the Malayan Archipelago, New Zealand, the
Pacific Islands, tropic America and Southern United States. They are grown to a small
excellent extent in the South of Europe, Canary and Madeira.

Sources: (Ipomoeia batatas Linn)

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CHAPTER III:

Methodology:

Prepare the following materials: 150 grams of fresh Kamote tops, 2 table spoons of
lemon juice, 1 glass of water, 2 table spoons of sugar and a sauce pan. Thoroughly wash
the Kamote tops with water. Cut the leaves of the Kamote tops just like how it is being
done in salads. Place the Kamote tops in a sauce pan, add 1 glass of water and let it
simmer for 1 minute. After a minute, separate the liquid preparation, you can also make
a salad from the vegetable. In a glass of Kamote tops juice add some sugar and stir it
well. Store it in the fridge for cooling. After cooling, you can then enjoy drinking the
Kamote tops juice.

CHAPTER IV:

Results and Discussion:

In this chapter, the data gathered will be shown in a tabular form for each trial. It will try
to help answer the researcher’s question about the study. The results are as follows:

Trial 1:

RESPONDENTS PROPERTIES COMMENTS

Odor Taste Color

A 1 2 2 It tastes like Kamote.

B 1 2 1 It's good.
C 2 2 1 It's neutral.

D 1 2 3 It smells bad.

E 3 3 2 Not that tasty.

Legend:
5 - Excellent
4 - Very good
3 - Good
2 - Fair
1 - Poor

The above results show that in this trial the properties of the study are majorly
disapproved by the respondents.

TRIAL 2:

RESPONDENTS PROPERTIES COMMENTS

Odor Taste Color

A 3 3 3 It's better than in the first trial.

B 3 3 4 The color is better now.

C 3 2 3 The taste needs improvement.

D 4 3 2 This smells better.

E 4 3 3 Tastes now as juice.

Legend:
5 - Excellent
4 - Very good
3 - Good
2 - Fair
1 – Poor

The above results show that in the second trial of this study have improved based on the
comments of the respondents. The result shows that the taste of the product is better
than in the first trial.

CHAPTER V:
Conclusion

The researcher therefore concludes that Kamote tops decoction can be made as juice to
help the nutritional status of the children without causing too much expense. Therefore,
it is a good source of nutrients for the body.