. 2023 Jun 14;9(6):e17137. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17137

Table 2.

Effect of household procedures on proximate composition of Colocasia leaves.

Sample	Moisture (%)	Protein (%)	Fat (%)	Ash (%)	Total Carbohydrate (%)	Crude fiber (%)
C	8.66 ± 0.10^c	20.07 ± 1.01^b	5.79 ± 1.20^e	13.96 ± 2.39^b	51.52 ± 3.95^b	12.14 ± 0.64^a
S8	8.22 ± 0.36^ab	24.36 ± 0.70^f	4.58 ± 0.72^de	10.42 ± 0.26^a	45.51 ± 1.43^a	15.14 ± 0.65^bc
S10	8.21 ± 0.25^ab	22.31 ± 0.76^de	5.21 ± 0.28^e	10.40 ± 0.15^a	47.35 ± 0.81^a	14.73 ± 0.34^b
S12	9.26 ± 0.23^d	22.23 ± 0.76^cde	4.76 ± 0.32^de	10.37 ± 0.42^a	47.38 ± 0.75^a	15.26 ± 0.82^bc
M2	8.53 ± 0.09^bc	18.54 ± 0.52^a	3.57 ± 0.79^cd	10.55 ± 0.08^a	60.67 ± 0.37^h	12.93 ± 0.64^a
M4	8.52 ± 0.13^bc	18.16 ± 0.50^a	3.05 ± 0.62^bc	10.54 ± 0.13^a	59.20 ± 1.14^gh	12.40 ± 0.40^a
M6	8.44 ± 0.10^abc	18.30 ± 0.75^a	1.72 ± 0.16^a	11.02 ± 0.33^a	56.19 ± 050^ef	12.33 ± 0.34^a
C30	8.68 ± 0.37^c	23.10 ± 0.46^ef	3.77 ± 0.26^cd	10.36 ± 0.34^a	54.10 ± 0.58^bcde	14.78 ± 0.33^b
C45	9.55 ± 0.24^d	22.89 ± 1.09^ef	2.71 ± 0.28^bc	10.95 ± 0.30^a	51.91 ± 1.87^bc	15.13 ± 0.07^bc
C60	9.62 ± 0.22^d	24.02 ± 0.28^f	1.97 ± 0.64^ab	11.12 ± 0.30^a	53.26 ± 0.80^bcd	15.74 ± 0.18^c
B1	8.19 ± 0.21^ab	20.94 ± 0.41^bc	5.46 ± 1.21^e	10.23 ± 0.29^a	55.18 ± 1.68^def	12.10 ± 0.21^a
B2	8.08 ± 0.18^ab	21.08 ± 0.94^bcd	4.89 ± 0.17^de	10.24 ± 0.30^a	57.71 ± 1.37^fg	12.19 ± 0.25^a
B3	8.06 ± 0.37^a	23.20 ± 0.70^ef	3.97 ± 0.87^cd	10.23 ± 0.32^a	54.54 ± 1.55^cde	12.49 ± 0.17^a

Values are means ± SD of 3 replications. Different superscripts in a column indicate that they are significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different from each other determined by Duncan’s tests.