Table 4. Proximate composition of native and modified Anchomanes difformis starch
Sample (%) | Moisture (%) | Protein (%) | Fat (%) | Ash (%) | Crude fibre (%) | Carbohydrate (%) |
0.0 | 12.5±0.501)a | 5.52±0.04a | 1.51±0.01a | 3.67±0.29a | 1.37±0.01a | 75.44±0.72c |
3.0 | 8.0±0.50b | 3.75±0.07b | 1.03±0.02b | 0.67±0.29bc | 0.93±0.02bc | 85.62±0.02a |
6.0 | 11.17±1.26a | 3.68±0.04b | 1.01±0.01b | 1.03±0.04b | 0.91±0.01c | 82.20±1.33b |
9.0 | 7.17±0.29b | 3.77±0.04b | 1.03±0.01b | 1.00±0.10b | 0.94±0.01b | 86.10±0.38a |
12.0 | 8.5±1.00b | 3.37±0.04c | 0.92±0.01c | 0.57±0.12c | 0.85±0.01d | 85.80±0.98a |
Mean±SD (n=3) and different superscript letters (a-d) with the same column indicate significant differences (p<0.05).