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. 2023 Apr 17;10:1146545. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1146545

Table 2.

Nutritional composition of Foxtail millet germplasm lines (on dry weight basis).

Parameter F1 F2
Proximate composition
Moisture (%) 10.82 ± 0.04b 9.94 ± 0.11a
Protein (g/100 g) 12.38 ± 0.68a 13.59 ± 0.06b
Crude fat (g/100 g) 3.35 ± 0.09a 4.18 ± 0.07b
Crude fiber (g/100 g) 7.06 ± 0.12a 7.83 ± 0.07a
Ash (g/100 g) 3.77 ± 0.21a 4.2 ± 0.10b
CHO (g/100 g) 58.91 ± 0.72a 60.27 ± 0.24b
Mineral composition
Iron (mg/100 g) 4.22 ± 0.03a 4.53 ± 0.07b
Calcium (mg/100 g) 53.25 ± 0.04a 54.85 ± 0.04b
Zinc (mg/100 g) 2.68 ± 0.03a 3.44 ± 0.03b
Dietary fiber
Soluble dietary fiber (g/100 g) 0.71 ± 0.03a 0.81 ± 0.03b
Insoluble dietary fiber (g/100 g) 12.89 ± 0.06a 13.25 ± 0.05b
Total dietary fiber (g/100 g) 13.60 ± 0.08a 14.06 ± 0.04b
Total starch and starch nutritional fractions
Rapidly digestible starch (%) 19.76 ± 0.23a 21.15 ± 0.31b
Slowly digestible starch (%) 14.1 ± 0.10a 18.87 ± 0.25b
Resistant starch (g/100 g) 24.39 ± 0.61a 27.01 ± 0.59b
Total starch (g/100 g) 58.25 ± 0.47a 67.03 ± 1.08b
Predicted glycemic index and glycemic load
Predicted glycemic index 52.57 ± 0.18b 48.94 ± 0.21a
Glycemic load 31.68 ± 0.16b 28.83 ± 0.46a

The superscripts mean that these values are significantly different from each other.