*nd: not detected. Means followed by different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05). Means sharing a common superscript letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05).
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank BODLES for supplying sweet potato cultivars and the Food Laboratory technician for technical assistance.
Author contributions
KT: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. CD: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing—review & editing. AS: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. NB: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—original draft, Project administration, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All the authors have read the manuscript and agreed with its content and its submission under its present form.
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Noureddine Benkeblia, who is the Editorial Board Member of Exploration of Foods and Foodomics, declares not to be involved in any way in the decision-making or the review process of this manuscript. The other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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