Grappling the High Altitude for Safe Edible Bamboo Shoots with Rich Nutritional Attributes and Escaping Cyanogenic Toxicity

Table 3

The data represented are obtained from atomic absorption spectrometry analysis showing the different mineral concentrations in milligram per 100 g dry weight (d.w) of bamboo shoots.

Samples	N	P	Ce	K	Na	Mg	Ca	Fe	Cu	Zn
KC013282/C. callosa	1153^m	154^g	4070.75^ab	3377^e	39^bc	110^f	63.43^gh	9.25^abcd	6.12^g	7.2^de
KC013285/B. cacharensis	815^g	87^ab	3157.82^a	2093^abc	45^cde	74^ab	29.60^bc	13.15^def	3.58^de	5.63^bcd
JX564900/B. manipureana	957^k	94^bc	5936.51^abc	2343^bcd	53^e	175^i	32.4^bcd	16.5^f	4.94^f	12.80^i
JX564901/B. nutans	825^gh	104^cd	5372.79^abc	2090^abc	32^b	175^i	53.5^fg	11.6^cde	4.16^e	6.50^cde
JX507132/B. tulda	721^c	116^de	3701.59^ab	1453^abc	51^de	92^d	42^de	25.8^g	3.19^cd	15.0^j
JX507131/B. oliveriana	763^e	85^ab	9972.34^cd	2293^abc	43^cd	123^g	60.95^fg	10.1^bcd	3.58^de	4.88^bc
JX564902/D. giganteus	673^a	70^a	7048.98^abcd	3093^de	22^a	69^a	37.9^cd	7.83^abc	2.47^bc	10.7^gh
JX564903/D. hamiltonii	747^d	118^de	4305.22^ab	1910^abc	50^de	121^g	24.4^ab	16.82^f	3.0^cd	7.87^ef
JX564904/D. hookeri	692^b	75^a	5697.05^abc	2400^cd	45^cde	84^cd	73.3^hi	6.08^a	2.64^bc	3.03^a
JX564905/D. manipureanus	894^i	83^ab	6784.58^abc	3533^e	42^cd	85^cd	14.98^a	6.68^ab	2.55^bc	4.80^b
JX507133/M. baccifera	1102^l	135^f	10126.98^cd	1757^abc	39^bc	149^h	51.88^ef	13.37^ef	1.96^ab	11.93^hi
JX507134/S. dullooa	837^h	121^ef	7098.87^abcd	1310^a	42^cd	180^i	56.95^fg	14.42^ef	1.55^a	9.18^fg
JX564906/Bambusa sp.	785^f	73^a	8306.12^bcd	1373^ab	32^b	92^d	40.1^cd	11.5^cde	2.54^bc	11.33^g
JX564907/Bambusa sp.	940^j	129^ef	11044.9^d	1523^abc	53e	112^f	50.8^ef	13^def	7.85^h	11.03^j
KC013288/B. tuldoides	900^i	122^ef	4988.66^ab	2060^abc	31^b	101^e	78.15^j	11.2^cde	2.7^c	11.0^h
LSD (𝑃=0.05)	13.32	14.92	2858.21	873.06	8.51	8.28	10.17	3.48	0.64	1.55

The mean values are for replicates obtained in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The same letter(s) associated with mean values within column is (are) not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 using LSD.