Table 3. Amylose and total sugar contents of freeze-dried and hot air-dried Jicama powder

Samples Total sugar content (mg/g) Amylose content (%)
Hot air-dried Jicama 46.49±3.001) 5.66±0.21
Freeze-dried Jicama 45.11±3.24 6.63±0.15*
Each value is expressed as the mean±SD of triplicate determinations.
Mean with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by student’s t-test.