The impact of cooking on the proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors of water yam (Dioscorea alata)

Raw and boiled water yam tubers (Dioscorea alata) were analyzed for proximate contents such as ash,
crude protein, carbohydrate, crude fibre, crude lipid, energy and anti-nutrients using standard
procedures and methods. The crude protein contents (10.27%), ash (2.93%) and lipid (0.15%) were
significantly (p