Table 1.

Nutritional composition of shade, oven and freeze dried wheatgrass (per 100 g)

Parameter	Method of drying			LSD at 5%
	Shade	Oven	Freeze
Proximate composition
Moisture, g	3.85 ± 0.17	2.33 ± 0.19	1.55 ± 0.11	0.56
Protein, g	31.37 ± 0.63	27.83 ± 0.52	30.04 ± 0.43	1.98
Ash, g	8.54 ± 0.09	8.33 ± 0.08	8.27 ± 0.07	NS
Crude fat, g	0.59 ± 0.04	0.34 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.03	0.15
Crude fiber, g	25.61 ± 1.01	28.13 ± 1.49	21.29 ± 0.46	3.96
Vitamins
Ascorbic acid, mg	2.30 ± 0.06	1.98 ± 0.15	3.18 ± 0.42	0.88
β carotene, µg	193.62 ± 36.62	133.13 ± 22.75	230.35 ± 36.57	72.07
Minerals
Calcium, mg	72.72 ± 2.80	38.67 ± 4.01	38.16 ± 7.17	18.47
Magnesium, mg	287.97 ± 9.48	259.99 ± 18.60	260.40 ± 20.56	NS
Manganese, mg	4.09 ± 0.15	3.44 ± 0.15	3.19 ± 0.37	NS
Iron, mg	28.94 ± 1.90	19.65 ± 4.15	13.34 ± 1.71	10.36
Copper, mg	1.45 ± 0.07	1.24 ± 0.04	1.32 ± 0.25	NS
Zinc, mg	7.40 ± 0.27	8.35 ± 0.36	6.55 ± 0.29	1.14
Selenium, µg	45.10 ± 2.92	51.48 ± 2.49	49.29 ± 2.33	NS
Chromium, mg	0.27 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.05	0.12 ± 0.03	0.13
Cobalt, µg	9.57 ± 0.69	5.53 ± 1.49	4.83 ± 1.06	4.15

Values are mean ± SD

NS non-significant