Table 5 Effect of spontaneous fermentation on molar ratios of phytate and minerals in teff and wheat samples, Ebinat district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016

0 h

0.21 ± 0.01a

0.35 ± 0.00a

7.44 ± 0.43a

12.77 ± 0.99a

27.68 ± 0.87a

39.87 ± 0.70a

12 h

0.11 ± 0.00b

0.29 ± 0.00b

3.72 ± 0.25b

7.22 ± 0.39b

22.72 ± 0.56b

32.53 ± 0.53b

24 h

0.10 ± 0.01c

0.28 ± 0.00c

3.49 ± 0.38cb

6.54 ± 1.21cb

20.89 ± 1.36c

27.62 ± 0.41b

36 h

0.09 ± 0.00c

0.28 ± 0.00c

4.08 ± 0.30cb

2.56 ± 0.04c

20.04 ± 0.18c

31.76 ± 0.46c

48 h

0.09 ± 0.01 dc

0.26 ± 0.01d

3.22 ± 0.33c

5.45 ± 0.24d

17.27 ± 1.00d

30.01 ± 0.88d

72 h

0.08 ± 0.01d

0.21 ± 0.01e

2.35 ± 0.11d

3.78 ± 0.11e

16.48 ± 0.89d

24.17 ± 0.33e