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Table 1 Chemical composition of control (unroasted) and roasted fox nuts (% dry basis)

From: Roasted fox nuts (Euryale Ferox L.) contain higher concentration of phenolics, flavonoids, minerals and antioxidants, and exhibit lower Glycemic Index (GI) in human subjects

Treatments

Control

Roasted

Moisture

12.07 ± 0.21a

4.17 ± 0.15b

Crude Ash

0.58 ± 0.04b

0.66 ± 0.03a

Crude protein

11.40 ± 0.44b

14.57 ± 0.29a

Crude fat

0.63 ± 0.05b

0.68 ± 0.02a

Crude fiber

0.41 ± 0.01b

0.51 ± 0.02a

Nitrogen free extract

74.91 ± 0.95b

79.41 ± 0.82a

  1. Values are means±SD (n = 3). Mean values sharing different superscripts in rows show significant difference between the variables based on Independent T-test at P ≤ 0.05