ANTI-NUTRITIONAL CONSTITUENT OF COLOCASIA ESCULENTA ...

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LIST OF TABLES
The moisture and ash content (g/IOOg DM) ofprocessed and unprocessed 44
Amadumbe (Colocasia esculenta) tubers
The crude fat and crude protein composition (g/ lOO per cent DM) in 45
unprocessed and processed Amadumbe
Carbohydrate content of unprocessed and processed Colocasia esculenta 46
tubers
Macronutrient profile of unprocessed and processed Colocasia esculenta 47
(mg/lOOg DM)
Micro-element contents of unprocessed and processed Colocasia 48
esculenta (mg/lOOg DM)
Yields ofcrude fat ofAmadumbe extracted with 49
methanol-ehloroform mixture (2: I, v/v)
Iodine value ofAmadumbe lipid extract 49
Fatty acids identified in Amadumbe Colocasia esculenta 58
Trypsin inhibitor activity (mg of trypsin inhibited/g DM) and a-amylase 59
inhibitor activity ofunprocessed and processed Amadumbe tubers
Inhibitory effect ofcrude extract on other proteases 60
The phenolic compounds in the processed and unprocessed Amadumbe 61
tubers
The levels of some anti-nutritional factors in processed and unprocessed 63
tubers (Colocasia esculenta) from Zululand
Purification ofamylase inhibitors from Amadumbe 129
Effect ofa-amylase inhibitors present in Amadumbe against 134
amylases from different sources
Composition ofadministered materials for preliminary toxicity test groups 192
Average food and water consumption in rats over a six-day period in 196
preliminary studies
Average food and water consumption of rats during a 14-day period of 198
experimental studies
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