Physicochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Five Gari Processed from Cassava Roots (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Harvested at Two Different Maturity Stages and Two Seasons

Table 5

Antioxidant properties of methanolic extracts (free and bound polyphenolics) of processed gari compared to four (04) commercial gari as reference collected in the local markets, Abattoir Maroua (Far North Region) and Bertoua (East Region) (Cameroon).

Harvest times	Gari	FRAP (mgTE/gdw)		DPPH (μgTE/gdw)		ABTS (μgTE/gdw)		HRSA (μgTE/gdw)
		Free	Bound	Free	Bound	Free	Bound	Free	Bound
12MAP	TMS92	^c	^cd	^d	^g	^ab	^de	ND	^e
	TMS96	^f	^b	^f	^k	^b	^b	ND	^c
	4115	^b	^h	^h	^d	^b	^ab	^h	^d
	EN	^a	^i	^c	^f	^c	^e	^d	^d
	AD	^d	^j	^a	^j	^c	^c	^h	^e
15MAP	TMS92	^f	^a	^b	^i	^a	^a	^e	^c
	TMS96	^i	^e	^i	^e	^a	^d	^c	^a
	4115	^i	^g	^e	^h	^a	^bc	^g	^cd
	EN	^h	^hi	^a	^b	^a	^c	^d	^d
	AD	^k	^d	^j	^c	^a	^a	ND	^b
/	M1	^gh	^f	^k	^l	^b	^c	^f	^b
	M2	^e	^d	^e	^m	^ab	^f	^b	^b
	M3	^j	^g	^g	^j	^c	^de	^e	^f
	M4	^g	^c	^b	^a	^c	^c	^a	^e

12MAP: 12 months after planting (dry season); 15MAP: 15 months after planting (raining season); TE: Trolox equivalent; dw: dry weight; ND: not detected; /: unknown months of the harvests. M1, M2, M3, and M4 were commercial gari collected from Abattoir Maroua and Bertoua markets, respectively. Values followed by different letters in each column are different () significantly.