VARIETY ZINC (mg/100g) OXALATE (mg/100g) PHYTATE (mg/100g) Gabing Tagalog 1.45 ± 0.03b 1,348.48 ± 8.51a 96.58 ± 1.66a NSIC G-9 1.67 ± 0.17a 156.33 ± 2.50b 85.47 ± 1.40b VG-2 1.28 ± 0.05c 146.62 ± 2.52b 48.42 ± 3.47c * Means having the same letter within column are not significantly different at p<0.05. Data were mean of three determinations (n=3).

Table 1: Mean zinc, oxalate and phytate contents of the different varieties of taro.