Research Article

Amino Acid Profiles, Total Nitrogen Contents, and Computed-Protein Efficiency Ratios of Manihot esculenta Root and Dioscorea rotundata Tuber Peels

Table 4

Percentage nitrogen contents and computed-protein efficiency ratios of cassava and yam peels.

ParameterCassava peelsYam peelsMeanSD%CV

%N2.250.086.40
C-PER1.140.881.010.1312.87

%N = percentage nitrogen; C-PER = computed-protein efficiency ratio; SD = standard deviation; CV = coefficient of variation. Data on same row with different superscript letters are significantly different ().