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. 2023 Jun 8;17(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s13065-023-00972-9

Table 5.

Elemental composition (mg /kg dry weight) of teff samples reported in the literature

Types of teff Mn Fe Zn Cu Ca Cd Co Mg Na K Cr Ni References
White 21.2 196 67 520 1080 [40]
Purple 30 115 68 640
White 64 58 20 7 1590 1070 471 4010 [29]
Qey 116–1500 23–67 11–36 180–1780 [38]
White 95–377 24–68 25–53 170–1240
Sergegna 115–1500 38–39 16 788–1470
Qey 20 1195 80 15 348 0.8 [39]
White 21 485 85 13 266 1.3
Sergegna 28 645 73 13 247 1.8
White 484 1595 298 108 1807 - 78.9 1531.6 228.9 2055.9 [27]
White 1560 [6]
Brown 1570
Sergegna 589
Brown 820 180 1480 1699 290 3535 [30]
White 70 212 46 7.5 1320 2479 84 2883 [26]
Brown 68 214 38 6.7 1211 2469 88 2948
Qey 58 232 85 16 1739 2552 90 3071
White 145.5 [5]
White 11.4 9.58 1.65 315 - 0.05 543 127.85 1289 0.71 0.69 [28]
White 4 1 [9]
white - 915 233 2056.1 [25]
Brown - 931 230 1973.2
Kuncho 25.9–337.4 128.5–515.5 25.5–80.3 4.7–16.7 1135–1949 0.1–4.1 0.1–9.9 1391.7–2369.1 159.8–289.6 1746.9–4850.2 0.6–17.7 1.2–15.6 This study
Tseday 178.9–272.7 376.8–900 84.3–187.3 4.7–6.5 2582.8–2985.5 0.1–1.0 0.7–2.6 2087.5–3403.1 172.8–286.8 1865.3–3823.7 3.1–6.3 3.7–7.9
Qey 222 744.5 80.0 6.6 2461.2 - 0.5 2972.1 291.6 2880.3 4.4 4.0
Sergegna/Brown 241.3 791.5 62.3 5.9 2031.7 0.5 1.2 2484.1 188.8 1967 5.6 5.1

*Different letters in a column indicates that the values are significantly different at p > 0.05