Table 1.

Macro- and micromineral content in different seaweeds.

No.	Species	Key Minerals in Selected Seaweeds								Reference
		Ca (mg/ 100 g DW)	Mg (mg/ 100 g DW)	K (mg/ 100 g DW)	Na (mg/ 100 g DW)	Cu (mg/100 g DW)	Zn (mg/100 g DW)	Fe (mg/ 100 gDW)	I (mg/100 g DW)
1	Padina australis	28.3	4	0.5	1	0.005	0.013	0.446	-	[26]
2	Fucus vesiculosus	938	994	4322	5469	<0.5	3.71	4.2	-	[26]
3	Laminaria digitata	1005	659	11,579	3818	<0.5	1.77	3.29	-	[27]
4	Chondrus crispus	420	732	3184	4270	<0.5	7.14	3.97	-	[27]
5	Porphyra tenera	390	565	3500	3627	<0.5	2.21	10.3	-	[27]
6	Caulerpa racemosa	-	-	-	-	5.35	2.96	404.94	-	[28]
7	Ulva lactuca CRM 279	-	-	-	-	13.83	76.88	883.28	-	[28]
8	Colpomenia sinuosa	5226.9	-	3510	423.83	0.94	-	1581	-	[29]
9	Dictyota dichotoma	3256.5	-	3417.01	633.85	1.29	-	1196	-	[29]
10	Caulerpa lentillifera	1874	1029	1143	8917	0.11	3.5	21.4	-	[30]
11	Porphyra columbina	443.7	491.53	1444.17	414.22	0.51	1.46	22.0	-	[31]
12 *	Halimeda opuntia	-	20.14	91.74	34.76	8.93	0.72	19.88	-	[32]
13 *	Kappaphycus alvarezii	-	90.5	672	25.66	5.25	7.75	8.15	-	[32]
14 **	Ascophyllum nodosum	575	225.0	765.0	1173.8	0.8	-	14.9	18.2	[33]
15 **	Undaria pinnatifida	112.3	78.7	62.4	448.7	0.2	0.3	3.9	3.9	[33]
16 **	Chondrus crispus	373.8	573.8	827.5	1572.5	0.1	-	6.6	6.1	[33]
17 ***	Eucheuma cottonii	329.69	271.33	13,155.2	1771.84	0.03	4.30	2.61	9.42	[34]
18 ***	Caulerpa lentillifera	1874.74	1028.6	1142.68	8917.46	0.11	3.51	21.37	4.78	[34]
19 ***	Sargassum polycystum	3792.06	487.81	8371.23	1362.13	0.03	2.15	68.21	7.66	[34]
20	Ulva intestinalis	794.5	4115.2	2456.8	1711.9	0.6	1.5	-	-	[35]

* Represents weight in mg/kg; ** represents weight in mg/100 g wet weight; *** represents weight in μg g⁻¹ DW.