Table 1.
Different nutritional (carbohydrate, starch, total soluble sugar, crude fat, crude fiber), antioxidant (anthocyanin, beta carotene) and antinutritional factors (diosgenin and tannin content) of fifteen genotypes of greater yam
| Varieties | Carbohydrate (%) |
Starch (%) |
Total soluble sugar (%) |
Crude fat (%) |
Crude fiber (%) |
Anthocyanin (mg/g) |
Beta carotene (µg/g) |
Diosgenin (powder) (%) |
Tanin (mg/100 gm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGY-1 | 75.10 (f) | 67.33(ef) | 7.52 (a) | 1.45 (c) | 3.96(ab) | 1.98 (de) | 1.02 (h) | 0.91 (ab) | 1.470 (ef) |
| NGY-2 | 83.61 (b) | 75.00(bc) | 6.90 (c) | 0.83 (i) | 2.27 (g) | 2.46 (c) | 1.02 (h) | 0.57 (e) | 0.933 (j) |
| NGY-3 | 87.85 (a) | 80.67 (a) | 5.81 (e) | 2.00 (b) | 3.14(de) | 2.05 (de) | 1.25 (d) | 0.42 (g) | 2.447 (a) |
| NGY-4 | 77.71 (e) | 75.00(bc) | 2.16 (l) | 0.80 (i) | 3.91 (b) | 3.25 (a) | 0.97 (i) | 0.36 (h) | 1.550 (d) |
| NGY-5 | 80.37 (cd) | 73.33(cd) | 6.93 (c) | 0.97(gh) | 4.08 (a) | 2.82 (b) | 1.16 (ef) | 0.52 (f) | 1.350 (h) |
| NGY-6 | 53.75 (i) | 50.33 (h) | 3.14 (j) | 1.46 (c) | 1.88 (h) | 1.33 (gh) | 1.87 (a) | 0.33 (h) | 0.923 (j) |
| NGY-7 | 60.55 (h) | 55.00 (g) | 4.29 (g) | 0.93 (h) | 3.20 (d) | 2.07 (d) | 1.88 (a) | 0.28 (i) | 2.277 (b) |
| NGY-8 | 74.83 (f) | 70.33(de) | 3.82 (h) | 2.05 (b) | 1.10 (h) | 1.69 (f) | 1.17 (e) | 0.89 (b) | 1.417 (fg) |
| NGY-9 | 51.87 (i) | 47.00 (h) | 3.53 (i) | 1.03 (fg) | 2.14 (g) | 1.63 (f) | 1.07 (g) | 0.91 (ab) | 1.117 (i) |
| NGY-10 | 67.61 (g) | 64.67 (f) | 2.59 (k) | 1.20 (d) | 3.08 (de) | 1.38 (g) | 1.12 (f) | 0.78 (d) | 1.457 (f) |
| NGY-11 | 78.42 (de) | 71.67(cd) | 5.92 (e) | 2.32 (a) | 4.09 (a) | 1.71 (f) | 1.78 (b) | 0.50 (f) | 1.527 (de) |
| NGY-12 | 74.75 (f) | 68.00(ef) | 6.12 (d) | 0.61 (j) | 2.90 (f) | 1.25 (h) | 1.52 (c) | 0.49 (f) | 1.363 (gh) |
| NGY-13 | 75.46 (f) | 67.33(ef) | 7.11 (b) | 1.14 (e) | 3.04 (ef) | 1.32 (gh) | 1.51 (c) | 0.59 (e) | 1.333 (h) |
| NGY-14 | 81.42 (c) | 77.33(ab) | 3.15 (j) | 1.08 (ef) | 3.75 (c) | 1.96 (e) | 1.81 (b) | 0.81 (c) | 1.457 (d) |
| Da-199 | 85.34 (b) | 79.67 (a) | 5.11 (f) | 1.50 (c) | 3.05 (de) | 1.01 (i) | 1.78 (b) | 0.93 (a) | 1.617 (c) |
| SEM | 0.676 | 1.176 | 0.052 | 0.022 | 0.050 | 0.036 | 0.015 | 0.010 | 0.020 |
| CD @ 5% | 1.953 | 3.398 | 0.151 | 0.063 | 0.144 | 0.103 | 0.043 | 0.029 | 0.057 |
| CV % | 1.58 | 2.99 | 1.84 | 2.93 | 2.79 | 3.35 | 1.84 | 2.84 | 2.297 |