NUTRITIONAL AND ANTINUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF WILD YAM (Dioscorea spp.)
Ponnumani Sundaradhas Shajeela, V. R. Mohan, L. Louis Jesudas, P. T. Soris
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Abstract
"The wild yam tubers consumed by the tribes Kanikkars / Palliyars of South- Eastern slopes of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu (Dioscorea alata, D. bulbifera var vera, D. esculenta, D. oppositifolia var dukhumensis, D.oppositifolia var. oppositifolia, D. pentaphylla var. pentaphylla, D. spicata, D. tomentosa and D. wallichi) were evaluated for its nutritional quality. From the present investigation, it is observed that most of the wild edible yams were found to be a good source of protein, lipid, crude fibre, starch, vitamins and minerals. Antinutritional substances like total free phenolics, tannins, hydrogen cyanide, total oxalate, amylase and trypsin inhibitor activities were quantified."
Extracted Claims
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wild yam tubers contain total free phenolics, tannins, hydrogen cyanide, total oxalate, amylase, and trypsin inhibitor activities
“Antinutritional substances like total free phenolics, tannins, hydrogen cyanide, total oxalate, amylase and trypsin inhibitor activities were quantified.”
wild yam tubers are a good source of protein, lipid, crude fibre, starch, vitamins, and minerals
“most of the wild edible yams were found to be a good source of protein, lipid, crude fibre, starch, vitamins and minerals.”