Table 1.

Chemical compositions of some of the commonly edible bamboo shoot species (Bhatt et al. 2005a, b)

Nutrients	Bamboo species
	B. balcooa	B. polymorpha	M. bambusoides	D. strictus	D. hamiltonii	D. giganteus	B. pallida
Water (%)	91.65	91.65	91.22	85.98	92.37	91.19	92.29
Minerals (%)	0.99	0.91	0.98	1.14	1.01	0.89	1.12
Phosphorus (mg/100 g)	30.99	15.06	14.28	58.13	27.76	12.57	32.27
Calcium (mg/100 g)	24.01	180.69	47.58	139.5	44.16	26.93	21.17
Iron (mg/100 g)	1.02	1.53	0.879	2.917	1.65	1.06	1.11
Hydrocyanicaacid (%)	0.071	0.032	0.056	0.13	0.070	0.044	0.106
Protein (%)	2.74	2.10	3.29	1.98	2.60	2.59	2.31
Niacin (mg/100 g)	1.40	2.60	6.70	2.10	2.60	6.40	1.40
Carbohydrate (%)	3.90	4.86	3.93	9.94	4.00	4.78	3.83