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Table 2.

Total cyanide content (TCC) expressed in part per million (ppm) for different portions of bamboo shoots and their net antioxidant activity expressed as inhibition concentration (IC₅₀) of DPPH.

Samples	Total cyanide content (ppm)*			IC₅₀ (mg L⁻¹)
Samples	Tip	Middle	Base	IC₅₀ (mg L⁻¹)
KC013282/Chimonobambusa callosa	300^a	210^a	199^a	0.09^ab
KC013285/Bambusa cacharensis	1533^d	1221^f	735^efgh	0.58^h
JX564900/Bambusa manipureana	1007^b	515^b	761^fgh	0.46^fg
JX564901/Bambusa nutans	1001^b	624^c	267^ab	1.83ⁱ
JX507132/Bambusa tulda	1579^d	1406^hi	779^gh	0.30^ef
JX507131/Bambusa oliveriana	1280^c	1079^e	543^c	0.57^gh
JX564902/Dendrocalamus giganteus	2604^g	2243^k	920ⁱ	0.60^h
JX564903/Dendrocalamus hamiltonii	1897^e	766^d	654^cdef	0.14^bc
JX564904/Dendrocalamus hookeri	1595^d	1322^fgh	360^b	0.45^fg
JX564905/Dendrocalamus manipureanus	1838^e	1270^fg	600^cd	0.32^de
JX507133/Melocanna baccifera	1548^d	484^b	216^a	0.41^ef
JX507134/Schizostachyum dullooa	1521^d	1279^fg	727^efgh	0.61^h
JX564906/Bambusa sp.	1582^d	1354^gh	669^defg	0.24^cd
JX564907/Bambusa sp.	2063^f	1557^j	635^cde	0.25^cd
KC013288/Bambusa tuldoides	2528^g	1511^ij	825^hi	0.45^fg
LSD (P ≤ 0.05)	85.78	106.53	109.31	0.11

*ppm = mg HCN equivalents/kg bamboo shoots and each value is the mean of three replicates for 2009, 2010, and 2011. The same letter(s) associated with mean values within a column is (are) not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 based on LSD.