Table 3.

Phytate content (mg g^-1 of dry matter) during germination of cereal grains

Days of germination	Rice	Maize	Millet	Sorghum	Wheat
0	5.8 ± 0.61a	5.9 ± 0.66a	5.7 ± 0.28a	6.2 ± 1.01a	5.6 ± 0.61a
1	5.6 ± 0.67ab	5.9 ± 0.88a	5.6 ± 0.16a	6.0 ± 0.46a	5.4 ± 0.09a
2	5.5 ± 0.29b	5.2 ± 0.23b	5.2 ± 0.39b	5.6 ± 0.88b	5.1 ± 0.10b
3	4.9 ± 0.47c	4.8 ± 0.51c	4.8 ± 0.27c	4.9 ± 0.22c	4.6 ± 0.11c
4	3.0 ± 0.55c	3.1 ± 0.62d	4.0 ± 0.77d	4.1 ± 0.43d	4.2 ± 0.05d
5	2.5 ± 0.56d	2.7 ± 0.22e	3.6 ± 0.67e	3.3 ± 0.37e	3.7 ± 0.03e
6	1.2 ± 0.29e	2.4 ± 0.31f	2.8 ± 0.52f	2.3 ± 0.29f	3.1 ± 0.91f
7	1.1 ± 0.18ef	1.9 ± 0.27g	2.2 ± 0.20g	2.0 ± 0.21g	2.1 ± 0.03g
8	1.0 ± 0.15f	0.93 ± 0.22h	1.1 ± 0.05h	1.7 ± 0.09g	1.0 ± 0.02h
9	1.1 ± 0.23f	0.88 ± 0.07h	0.89 ± 0.09h	1.4 ± 0.11h	0.88 ± 0.01hi
10	0.96 ± 0.27f	0.72 ± 0.16h	0.85 ± 0.11h	1.2 ± 0.07i	0.79 ± 0.02i

Results are mean ± SD of three independent determinations. Values in a column with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).