Table 2.
Mineral composition in saffron and its floral by-products
| Samples | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFL1 | SFL2 | Spanish Saffron | Iranian Saffron | Greek Saffron | |
| Macrominerals (mg/100 g dw) | |||||
| Ca | 415.20 ± 25.46a | 112.60 ± 1.98b | 118.30 ± 25.10b | 86.25 ± 6.01b | 123.30 ± 63.98b |
| K | 1530 ± 16a | 1450 ± 51a | 1114 ± 63bc | 1136 ± 18b | 971.30 ± 31.82c |
| Mg | 120.30 ± 4.95a | 103.30 ± 2.68b | 100.20 ± 1.77bc | 102.50 ± 1.41b | 88.70 ± 4.60c |
| Na | 9.00 ± 3.53a | 9.20 ± 1.55a | 19.00 ± 1.25a | 33.75 ± 2.89a | 33.25 ± 3.45a |
| Microminerals (mg/100 g dw) | |||||
| Cu | 0.57 ± 0.01b | 0.55 ± 0.04b | 0.35 ± 0.07bc | 0.25 ± 0.00c | 1.63 ± 0.11a |
| Fe | 46.26 ± 1.44a | 6.38 ± 0.03bc | 5.45 ± 0.57c | 12.28 ± 3.29b | 8.13 ± 1.03bc |
| Mn | 2.51 ± 0.21a | 0.95 ± 0.01b | 1.15 ± 0.01b | 1.30 ± 0.00b | 1.25 ± 0.07b |
| Zn | 3.89 ± 0.27a | 2.10 ± 0.08b | 2.65 ± 0.35ab | 2.13 ± 0.53b | 1.98 ± 0.46b |
Means ± standard deviation in the same line followed by different lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences at (p ≤ 0.05) for each sample (n = 3); SFL1, SFL2: Saffron floral by-products from two different producers