Research Article

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.

SamplesTotal cyanide content (ppm)*IC50 (mg L−1)
TipMiddleBase

KC013282/Chimonobambusa callosa 300a210a199a0.09ab
KC013285/Bambusa cacharensis 1533d1221f735efgh0.58h
JX564900/Bambusa manipureana 1007b515b761fgh0.46fg
JX564901/Bambusa nutans 1001b624c267ab1.83i
JX507132/Bambusa tulda 1579d1406hi779gh0.30ef
JX507131/Bambusa oliveriana 1280c1079e543c0.57gh
JX564902/Dendrocalamus giganteus 2604g2243k920i0.60h
JX564903/Dendrocalamus hamiltonii 1897e766d654cdef0.14bc
JX564904/Dendrocalamus hookeri 1595d1322fgh360b0.45fg
JX564905/Dendrocalamus manipureanus 1838e1270fg600cd0.32de
JX507133/Melocanna baccifera 1548d484b216a0.41ef
JX507134/Schizostachyum dullooa 1521d1279fg727efgh0.61h
JX564906/Bambusa sp.1582d1354gh669defg0.24cd
JX564907/Bambusa sp.2063f1557j635cde0.25cd
KC013288/Bambusa tuldoides 2528g1511ij825hi0.45fg
LSD ( )85.78106.53109.310.11

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.