Research Article

Nutritional Properties and Antinutritional Factors of Corn Paste (Kutukutu) Fermented by Different Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Table 1

Evolution of reducing sugars in the Kutukutu during fermentation by the various LAB at 25°C.

Evolution of reducing sugar during fermentation (mg/100 g DM)
Time (h)ControlG11G25A6M11M41N25N33

0168.2 ± 0.0d168.2 ± 0.0b168.2 ± 0.0b168.2 ± 0.0a168.2 ± 0.0a168.2 ± 0.0a168.2 ± 0.0a168.2 ± 0.0a
24168.0 ± 0.0d154.3 ± 3.5a189.5 ± 2.5c261.7 ± 10.5cd381.7 ± 6.2b277.6 ± 15.5b307.0 ± 2.5b286.0 ± 18.7b
48160.3 ± 1.0c 282.9 ± 2.2e291.4 ± 11.8d263.6 ± 10.3d387.6 ± 7.0c314.2 ± 13.8c321.8 ± 7.6c354.0 ± 17.3c
72160.2 ± 1.3c270.5 ± 4.8d296.1 ± 10.9e254.3 ± 7.9cd377.5 ± 5.2d309.3 ± 12.9d313.7 ± 5.2d267.1 ± 17.3d
96157.1 ± 2.1b250.6 ± 0.6c305.0 ± 9.9ed234.5 ± 11.9b321.3 ± 7.4e287.0 ± 4.6e280.9 ± 6.8e218.2 ± 8.0e
120149.3 ± 2.4a246.4 ± 5.7c131.6 ± 6.9a247.7 ± 4.1bc250.8 ± 0.0f210.0 ± 8.8f236.2 ± 9.3f215.8 ± 2.5f

The values followed by the same letter on the same column are not significantly different ().
T0 = control; G11 = L. brevis G11; G25 = L. brevis G25; A6 = L. plantarum A6; M11 = L. buchneri M11; M41 = L. cellobiosus M41; L. fermentum N33; L. fermentum N25.