A Comparative Study of Physicochemical Attributes of Pigmented Landrace Maize Varieties

Table 1

Proximate content (percentage on a dry weight basis) of whole grain PLMVs.

Maize type	District	Moisture	Ash	Protein	Fat	Carbohydrate
Orange	Ntcheu	15.09 ± 0.37^b	1.64 ± 0.04^b	11.76 ± 0.03^a	6.00 ± 0.28^b	65.36 ± 0.05^a
	Dedza	17.30 ± 0.21^a	2.28 ± 0.02^a	12.26 ± 0.01^a	8.35 ± 0.36^a	59.83 ± 0.10^b
	Mzimba	16.70 ± 0.26^ab	1.60 ± 0.05^b	10.16 ± 0.07^b	5.30 ± 0.20^b	64.12 ± 0.06^a
Red	Ntcheu	17.09 ± 0.06^a	1.17 ± 0.11^b	12.26 ± 0.08^a	5.80 ± 0.12^c	62.67 ± 0.60^ab
	Dedza	16.80 ± 0.07^a	1.26 ± 0.09^b	12.57 ± 0.07^a	10.73 ± 0.14^a	58.73 ± 0.26^b
	Mzimba	15.05 ± 0.12^b	1.81 ± 0.06^a	11.82 ± 0.09^b	7.96 ± 0.13^b	64.12 ± 0.74^a
Purple	Ntcheu	16.83 ± 0.09^a	1.69 ± 0.07^a	12.04 ± 0.06^a	9.14 ± 0.04^a	60.43 ± 0.04^b
	Dedza	14.03 ± 0.08^b	1.40 ± 0.05^a	12.13 ± 0.07^a	6.37 ± 0.06^b	65.52 ± 0.07^a
	Mzimba	13.05 ± 0.05^c	1.10 ± 0.02^b	10.55 ± 0.02^b	3.30 ± 0.09^c	59.30 ± 0.02^c

Values with different subscript letters are significantly different (). Values are means of three triplicates.