Table 5.
Variation in the iron concentration within and between millet types (mean values or range reported).
| Millet Type | Iron (mg/100 g) |
Millet Type | Iron (mg/100 g) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anitha et al. [61] | Sabuz et al. [62] | ||
| Pearl D 1 | 8.5 | Pearl | 8.3 |
| Pearl P | 4.7 | Foxtail | 2.8 |
| Finger VR847 | 2.9 | ||
| Finger GPU28 | 2.6 | ||
| Nithiyanantham et al. [63] | Chaurasia and Anichari [64] | ||
| Pearl | 7.5–16.9 | Pearl | 11.0 |
| Finger | 3.9–7.5 | Finger | 3.9 |
| Foxtail | 2.8–19.0 | Foxtail | 2.8 |
| Proso | 0.8–5.2 | Kodo | 1.7 |
| Kodo | 0.5–3.6 | Little | 9.3 |
| Little | 9.3–20.0 | Sorghum | 5.4 |
| Barnyard | 15.2 | Rice 2 | 1.8 |
| Wheat 2 | 3.5 | ||
| Ambati and Sucharitha [65] | |||
| Pearl | 16.5 | ||
| Barnyard | 15.2 | ||
| Sorghum | 3.4 | ||
| Finger | 3.9 | ||
| Kodo | 0.5 | ||
| Little | 9.3 | ||
| Proso | 0.8 | ||
1 D, Dhanshakthi; P, Proagro9444; 2 For comparison.