TABLE 2.

Proximate and mineral analysis of 4 wild edible plants and 3 selected local commercial vegetables

Wild edible plants					Commercial vegetables
Species name	Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.	Manihot esculenta Crantz	Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw.	Strobilanthes crispa Blume	Ipomoea aquatica1	Brassica rapa subsp. Hinensis1	Brassica oleracea var. Alboglabra1
Moisture (g/100 g)	73.3 ± 0.752	70.8 ± 0.122	90 ± 0.142	81.6 ± 0.532	92.5	95.3	92.6
Ash (g/100 g)	6.85 ± 0.422	3.2 ± 0.122	7.7 ± 0.252	4.2 ± 0.362	1.6	0.8	0.6
Fiber (g/100 g)	2.39 ± 0.112	3.7 ± 0.432	3.2 ± 0.542	4.6 ± 0.222	2.1	1	2.6
Fat (g/100 g)	1.2 ± 0.222	0.25 ± 0.112	<0.1	<0.1	0.2	0.2	0.76
Protein (g/100 g)	6.9 ± 0.462	5.7 ± 0.232	7.2 ± 0.582	2.9 ± 0.142	2.6	1.5	1.2
CHO (g/100 g)	5.8 ± 0.142	6.2 ± 0.522	1.5 ± 0.142	3.5 ± 0.292	3.13	2.18	4.67
Energy (kcal/100 g)	61.6 ± 0.13	49.85 ± 0.22	34.8 ± 0.45	25.6 ± 0.34	19	13	26
Calcium (mg/100 g)	196 ± 1.212	243 ± 0.762	154 ± 0.352	176 ± 0.592	77	105	105
Iron (mg/100 g)	2.8 ± 0.212	2.7 ± 0.082	1.7 ± 0.112	0.7 ± 0.032	1.67	0.8	0.59
Potassium (mg/100 g)	498 ± 0.482	527 ± 1.212	515 ± 0.982	295 ± 0.532	312	252	274
Magnesium (mg/100 g)	63.8 ± 0.232	97 ± 0.452	37 ± 0.182	32 ± 0.212	71	19	19

The mean and standard deviation of triplicates (n = 3) was used to calculate the values at P <0.05.

¹Data obtained for the 3 local commercial vegetables were from USFDA [33].

²Superscript showed that a significant difference exists: moisture, ash, fiber, fat protein, carbohydrate, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium.