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. 2013 Oct 10;52(3):1705–1711. doi: 10.1007/s13197-013-1178-5

Table 1.

Tannin content (%) of sorghum cultivars as affected by irradiation followed by processing

Radiation dose (KGy) Treatment Sorghum cultivars
Dabar Wad Ahmed Karamaka
0 Raw 0.100 ± 0.002a 1.400 ± 0.190a 2.900 ± 0.234a
Fermented 0.066 ± 0.009e 0.930 ± 0.205e 1.752 ± 0.072e
Cooked 0.039 ± 0.005i 0.615 ± 0.014i 1.137 ± 0.004i
Fermented cooked 0.034 ± 0.006k 0.379 ± 0.035m 0.586 ± 0.023m
5 Raw 0.093 ± 0.018b 1.282 ± 0.051b 2.572 ± 0.223b
Fermented 0.062 ± 0.013f 0.866 ± 0.023f 1.657 ± 0.016f
Cooked 0.036 ± 0.004j 0.559 ± 0.019j 1.050 ± 0.024j
Fermented cooked 0.030 ± 0.001m 0.339 ± 0.008n 0.528 ± 0.003n
10 Raw 0.072 ± 0.021c 1.109 ± 0.052c 2.242 ± 0.101c
Fermented 0.042 ± 0.011h 0.754 ± 0.153g 1.352 ± 0.291h
Cooked 0.031 ± 0.006l 0.492 ± 0.028k 0.913 ± 0.050k
Fermented cooked 0.027 ± 0.002o 0.299 ± 0.025o 0.465 ± 0.015o
15 Raw 0.071 ± 0.006d 1.106 ± 0.115d 2.227 ± 0.024d
Fermented 0.050 ± 0.003g 0.722 ± 0.071h 1.358 ± 0.022g
Cooked 0.027 ± 0.001n 0.464 ± 0.017l 0.840 ± 0.005l
Fermented cooked 0.026 ± 0.002p 0.284 ± 0.053p 0.444 ± 0.015p

Values are means ± SD (n = 3)

Means not sharing a common superscript(s) in a column are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05