Grappling the High Altitude for Safe Edible Bamboo Shoots with Rich Nutritional Attributes and Escaping Cyanogenic Toxicity
Table 2
Total cyanide content (TCC) expressed in part per million (ppm) for different portions of bamboo shoots and their net antioxidant activity expressed as inhibition concentration (IC50) of DPPH.
Samples
Total cyanide content (ppm)*
IC50 (mg L−1)
Tip
Middle
Base
KC013282/Chimonobambusa callosa
300a
210a
199a
0.09ab
KC013285/Bambusa cacharensis
1533d
1221f
735efgh
0.58h
JX564900/Bambusa manipureana
1007b
515b
761fgh
0.46fg
JX564901/Bambusa nutans
1001b
624c
267ab
1.83i
JX507132/Bambusa tulda
1579d
1406hi
779gh
0.30ef
JX507131/Bambusa oliveriana
1280c
1079e
543c
0.57gh
JX564902/Dendrocalamus giganteus
2604g
2243k
920i
0.60h
JX564903/Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
1897e
766d
654cdef
0.14bc
JX564904/Dendrocalamus hookeri
1595d
1322fgh
360b
0.45fg
JX564905/Dendrocalamus manipureanus
1838e
1270fg
600cd
0.32de
JX507133/Melocanna baccifera
1548d
484b
216a
0.41ef
JX507134/Schizostachyum dullooa
1521d
1279fg
727efgh
0.61h
JX564906/Bambusa sp.
1582d
1354gh
669defg
0.24cd
JX564907/Bambusa sp.
2063f
1557j
635cde
0.25cd
KC013288/Bambusa tuldoides
2528g
1511ij
825hi
0.45fg
LSD ()
85.78
106.53
109.31
0.11
ppm = mg HCN equivalents/kg bamboo shoots and each value is the mean of three replicates for 2009, 2010, and 2011. The same letter(s) associated with mean values within a column is (are) not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 based on LSD.