Agbor-Egbe T. auteur aut IRD Trèche Serge auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The chemical composition of 98 cultivars belonging to eight yam species extensively grown and consumed in Cameroon was evaluated. Due to the fact that statistical analysis showed no significant differences between the means obtained for the variables estimated for Dioscorea cayenensis and D. rotundata cultivars, these two yam species have been treated in this study as a single species termed D. cayenensis/rotundata complex. On the basis of dry matter content, the yam species could be divided into three groups, low (23-25 g/100 g, D. alata, D. dumetorum, and D. schimperiana), intermediate (28-30 g/100 g, D. esculenta and #D. bulbifera), and high (32-37 g/100 g, D. cayenensis/rotundata complex and D. liebrechtsiana). There was a great variability in protein levels among the yam species, which make possible the selection of protein-rich cultivars. Mean fat levels were very low (0,1-0,9 g/100 g). Starch contents ranged from a mean value of 70,4 to 72,9 g/100 g, except for D. cayenensis/rotundata complex and D. liebrechtsiana, which had levels higher than 80 g/100 g. D. dumetorum tubers had the highest levels of plant cell wall carbohydrates and almost all the minerals analyzed. multivariate analysis has shown that some of the variables estimated and chosen in a stepwise manner could be used with a low probability error to differentiate among cultivars within a yam species. (Résumé d'auteur) specialized IGNAME CULTIVAR GERMOPLASME COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE TABLE DE COMPOSITION ETUDE COMPARATIVE ANALYSE MULTIVARIABLE VALEUR NUTRITIONNELLE CAMEROUN 054ALIM02 8 274-283 1995 0889-1575 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010009039 10.1006/jfca.1995.1020 0889-1575 [F B010009039] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010009039 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/b_fdi_45-46/010009039.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1997-03-18 2006-06-06 fdi:010009039 fre