The impact of cooking on the proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors of water yam (Dioscorea alata)

Authors: PHILIPPA OJIMELUKWE, Ezeocha CV | Natural & Applied Sciences Food Science and Technology Research 5 pages 3,429 words

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Raw and boiled water yam tubers (Dioscorea alata) were analyzed for proximate contents such as ash,
crude protein, carbohydrate, crude fibre, crude lipid, energy and anti-nutrients using standard
procedures and methods. The crude protein contents (10.27%), ash (2.93%) and lipid (0.15%) were
significantly (p

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