Table 1.

The proximate composition of Dioscorea and corn starches (mean and SD, n = 3).

Starch	Crude fat (%)	Crude fiber (%)	Crude protein (%)	Free sugar (%)	Amylose content (%)
Bitter	0.34 ± 0.02	0.81 ± 0.01	2.89 ± 0.23	3.86 ± 0.02	18.76 ± 0.66
Chinese	0.26 ± 0.01	0.72 ± 0.02	0.75 ± 0.14	3.52 ± 0.04	21.61 ± 0.50
Water	0.31 ± 0.01	0.61 ± 0.00	1.71 ± 0.08	4.04 ± 0.03	27.33 ± 0.77
White	0.29 ± 0.01	0.58 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.08	3.23 ± 0.02	28.83 ± 0.65
Corn	0.38 ± 0.02	0.67 ± 0.00	0.12 ± 0.01	3.16 ± 0.02	27.20 ± 0.08