Table 1.

Nutritional composition in fresh samples of bamboo shoots (in g/100 g)

	B. bambos	B. tulda	D. asper	D. strictus
Carbohydrates	2.39 ± 0.09 d	2.81 ± 0.07 c	3.36 ± 0.09 b	3.6 ± 0.07 a
Proteins	1.88 ± 0.08 b	1.65 ± 0.10 c	1.74 ± 0.10 c	2.08 ± 0.09 a
Total phenols	0.36 ± 0.05 d	0.39 ± 0.07 c	0.58 ± 0.07 b	0.63 ± 0.08 a
Cyanogens	0.011 ± 0.003 c	0.016 ± 0.003 b	0.016 ± 0.004 b	0.018 ± 0.003 a
Ascorbic acid	0.004 ± 0 a	0.004 ± 0 a	0.004 ± 0 a	0.004 ± 0 a
Potassium	0.32 ± 0.006 d	0.4 ± 0.012 c	0.52 ± 0.006 a	0.5 ± 0.006 b
Sodium	0.07 ± 0 b	0.07 ± 0.006 b	0.09 ± 0.006 a	0.09 ± 0.006 a
Phosphorus	0.07 ± 0 b	0.07 ± 0.006 b	0.07 ± 0.012 b	0.09 ± 0.006 a
Calcium	0.08 ± 0 b	0.04 ± 0 c	0.16 ± 0.006 a	0.08 ± 0 b
Magnesium	0.17 ± 0.006 a	0.17 ± 0.012 a	0.17 ± 0.012 a	0.17 ± 0.015 a

Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Mean values within each row followed by different letters differ significantly at p < 0.05