Table 3.

Concentrations of micro-elements measured in leaves of cultivated germplasm of nine Greek Sambucus nigra genotypes (μg g⁻¹ DW ± SD, n = 3).

Genotype	Al	As	B	Ba	Co	Cr	Cu	Fe	Mn	Ni	Pb	Si	Zn
GR-1-BBGK-19,192	213.871 ± 0.968 f	0.343 ± 0.063 bcd	75.262 ± 0.501 f	39.620 ± 0.694 d	0.344 ± 0.006 d	0.881 ± 0.036 e	4.563 ± 0.012 d	211.391 ± 2.272 e	151.755 ± 0.429 f	1.896 ± 0.007 e	0.554 ± 0.012 bc	7.824 ± 0.031 e	14.663 ± 0.046 e
GR-1-BBGK-19,425	363.728 ± 1.483 g	0.501 ± 0.011 d	38.861 ± 0.184 b	22.988 ± 0.244 c	0.509 ± 0.011 e	1.756 ± 0.049 f	4.490 ± 0.032 d	342.642 ± 3.648 f	101.258 ± 0.724 e	3.311 ± 0.009 g	0.816 ± 0.030 e	2.109 ± 0.017 a	14.711 ± 0.066 e
GR-1-BBGK-19,479	124.983 ± 1.765 b	0.206 ± 0.027 abc	44.077 ± 0.426 c	15.046 ± 0.167 a	0.276 ± 0.012 bc	0.549 ± 0.042 bcd	4.163 ± 0.062 c	134.844 ± 2.232 b	87.707 ± 0.627 d	1.334 ± 0.042 b	0.760 ± 0.074 de	7.006 ± 0.104 d	11.720 ± 0.125 a
GR-1-BBGK-19,562	71.939 ± 5.931 a	0.161 ± 0.024 a	35.112 ± 2.385 a	19.754 ± 2.073 b	0.208 ± 0.019 a	0.200 ± 0.054 a	3.630 ± 0.294 b	66.801 ± 4.395 a	74.266 ± 5.019 b	1.086 ± 0.034 a	0.253 ± 0.061 a	2.172 ± 0.180 a	14.475 ± 0.351 e
GR-1-BBGK-19,574	174.237 ± 1.181 e	0.364 ± 0.041 cd	41.963 ± 1.390 c	18.038 ± 0.218 b	0.344 ± 0.003 d	0.693 ± 0.136 d	4.621 ± 0.101 d	167.261 ± 4.634 d	102.193 ± 0.799 e	2.164 ± 0.029 f	0.576 ± 0.065 c	11.930 ± 0.240 f	13.039 ± 0.032 c
GR-1-BBGK-19,596	133.444 ± 1.253 c	0.239 ± 0.069 abc	55.685 ± 0.541 e	19.740 ± 0.174 b	0.295 ± 0.006 c	0.395 ± 0.025 b	4.598 ± 0.064 d	131.078 ± 1.271 b	81.257 ± 0.816 c	1.691 ± 0.007 d	0.490 ± 0.079 bc	4.127 ± 0.042 b	15.266 ± 0.043 f
GR-1-BBGK-19,629	169.714 ± 2.716 e	0.237 ± 0.087 abc	38.518 ± 0.353 b	14.180 ± 0.427 a	0.293 ± 0.008 c	0.618 ± 0.037 d	3.327 ± 0.037 b	139.198 ± 3.137 b	55.881 ± 0.618 a	1.710 ± 0.012 d	0.481 ± 0.040 bc	2.054 ± 0.023 a	13.639 ± 0.086 d
GR-1-BBGK-19,637	135.009 ± 0.746 c	0.184 ± 0.045 ab	36.149 ± 0.174 ab	15.084 ± 0.255 a	0.256 ± 0.010 b	0.442 ± 0.005 bc	2.918 ± 0.021 a	134.804 ± 2.155 b	97.447 ± 1.881 e	1.513 ± 0.006 c	0.393 ± 0.105 ab	6.604 ± 0.140 c	12.519 ± 0.024 b
GR-1-BBGK-19,73	162.419 ± 0.608 d	0.271 ± 0.083 abc	47.428 ± 0.183 d	17.648 ± 0.211 b	0.286 ± 0.001 c	0.564 ± 0.010 cd	4.096 ± 0.008 c	154.482 ± 1.394 c	85.497 ± 0.523 cd	2.149 ± 0.002 f	0.594 ± 0.051 cd	7.319 ± 0.036 d	18.147 ± 0.038 g

Means that do not share the same letter within each element column are significantly different (Tukey’s HSD, p < 0.05). All analyses were conducted in triplicate.