Review Article
Understanding the Antinutritional Factors and Bioactive Compounds of Kodo Millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) and Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense)
Table 2
Vitamin and mineral profile of millets compared to cereals.
| Cereals and millets | Parameters | Thiamine B1 (mg) | Riboflavin B2 (mg) | Niacin B3 (mg) | Total folates B9 (μg) | Magnesium Mg (mg) | Manganese Mn (mg) | Phosphorous P (mg) | Iron Fe (mg) | Zinc Zn (mg) | Sodium Na (mg) | Calcium Ca (mg) |
| Kodo millet | 0.29 | 0.2 | 1.49 | 39.49 | 122 | 0.33 | 101 | 2.34 | 1.65 | 3.35 | 15.27 |
| Kutki/Little millet | 0.26 | 0.05 | 1.29 | 36.2 | 91.41 | 0.23 | 130 | 1.26 | 1.82 | 4.77 | 16.06 |
| Proso millet | 0.2 | 0.18 | 2.3 | 0 | 153 | 0.6 | 206 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 14 |
| Finger millet | 0.42 | 0.19 | 1.1 | 18.3 | 137 | 5.49 | 283 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 11 | 344 |
| Foxtail millet | 0.59 | 0.11 | 3.2 | 15 | 81 | 0.6 | 290 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 31 |
| Barnyard millet | 0.33 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 0 | 82 | 0.96 | 280 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Pearl millet | 0.33 | 0.25 | 2.3 | 45.5 | 137 | 1.15 | 296 | 8 | 3.1 | 10.9 | 42 |
| Whole wheat flour | 0.42 | 0.15 | 2.37 | 29.22 | 125 | 2.98 | 315 | 4.1 | 2.85 | 2.04 | 30.94 |
| Rice (raw) millet | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1.69 | 9.32 | 19.3 | 0.73 | 96 | 0.65 | 1.21 | 2.34 | 7.49 |
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Source: Gopalan et al. [ 13]; Geervani and Eggum [ 14]; Longvah et al. [ 15]. |