Review Article
The Nutritional Facts of Bamboo Shoots and Their Usage as Important Traditional Foods of Northeast India
Table 3
Nutrient composition of raw, boiled, and fermented shoots of different bamboo species [
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| Nature of shoots | Bamboo species | Carbohydrate (g/100 g) | Protein (g/100 g) | Fats (g/100 g) | Vitamin C (mg/100 g) | Vitamin E (mg/100 g) | Fibres (g/100 g) |
| Raw shoots | Dendrocalamus strictus | 85.98 | 21.51 | 0.10 | 5.80 | - | 0.98 | Dendrocalamusasper | 2.90 | 25.80 | 3.59 | 3.30 | 0.91 | 0.70 | D. giganteus | 5.10 | - | 0.39 | 3.28 | 0.69 | - | Bambusa vulgaris | 3.40 | 25.70 | 0.20 | 13.70 | - | 0.70 | Bambusa nutans | 3.30 | 21.10 | 1.00 | 5.30 | - | 0.76 | Boiled shoots | Dendrocalamus strictus | 5.00 | - | - | - | - | 0.96 | Dendrocalamus asper | 3.10 | 17.10 | - | - | - | 0.70 | D. giganteus | - | 11.66 | - | - | - | - | Bambusa vulgaris | 5.00 | 13.50 | - | - | - | 0.96 | Bambusa nutans | 5.10 | 17.30 | - | - | - | 0.75 | Fermented shoots | Dendrocalamus strictus | - | - | - | - | - | - | Dendrocalamus asper | - | - | - | - | - | - | D. giganteus | - | - | - | 0.32 | 1.09 | 0.21 | Bambusa vulagaris | - | - | - | - | - | - | Bambusa nutans | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Note: Hyphen (-) in table indicates authentic data not available for the particular bamboo species.
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