Table 4 Anti-nutritional status of male and female tubers of Dioscorea species found in Tripura

Dioscorea alata

0.65 ± 0.08

1.05 ± 0.07^c

12.21 ± 0.82

17.53 ± 1.30^b

14.80 ± 0.69

9.17 ± 0.3^b

3.33 ± 0.12

5.48 ± 0.18^b

0.48 ± 0.06

0.93 ± 0.17^c

Dioscorea hamiltonii

1.05 ± 0.07

1.21 ± 0.11^#

41.40 ± 2.94

50.70 ± 2.49^a

25.67 ± 0.93

36.67 ± 0.99^b

10.08 ± 0.14

6.25 ± 0.02^a

0.95 ± 0.14

1.16 ± 0.18^#

Dioscorea oppositifolia

0.27 ± 0.03

0.41 ± 0.04^#

11.03 ± 0.60

13.65 ± 0.36^c

7.21 ± 0.99

15.03 ± 1.08^c

0.22 ± 0.1

3.04 ± 0.06^a

0.45 ± 0.09

0.81 ± 0.15^#

Dioscorea pubera

0.35 ± 0.05

0.33 ± 0.05^#

31.76 ± 0.21

21.83 ± 2.5^c

19.68 ± 1

22.17 ± 0.2^#

1.45 ± 0.16

1.05 ± 0.22^#

0.88 ± 0.23

0.92 ± 0.17^#

Dioscorea wallichii

0.31 ± 0.23

0.52 ± 0.06^#

10.73 ± 0.25

9.73 ± 0.28^#

20.6 ± 0.6

26.00 ± 2.14^c

1.28 ± 0.19

2.11 ± 0.21^#

0.91 ± 0.09

1.07 ± 0.13^#