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).