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. 2023 Oct 10;9(10):e20829. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20829

Table 6.

Proximate and phytochemical composition of control and optimized kemesha.

Activities Control Optimized
Moisture (%) 9.22 ± 0.85a 10.03 ± 0.24a
Ash (%) 2.41 ± 0.27b 2.95 ± 0.09a
Fat (%) 2.13 ± 0.14a 1.75 ± 0.18b
Protein (%) 8.90 ± 0.62b 11.64 ± 0.12a
Fibre (%) 1.25 ± 0.15b 4.81 ± 0.39a
CHO (%) 76.08 ± 1.36a 68.82 ± 0.06b
TCC (μg/g) 0.143 ± 0.02b 20.89 ± 1.49a
TPC (mgGA/g) 0.150 ± 0.03b 1.12 ± 0.10a
TFC (mgCE/g) 0.210 ± 0.10b 0.77 ± 0.21a

Values are mean ± standard deviation. This means sharing the same letters in raw are not significantly different from each other (student-t-test, p < 0.05; CHO; Carbohydrate; TCC, Total carotenoid content; TFC, Total flavonoid content; TPC, Total phenol content.