Table 2.
Minerals and trace elements contained in microalgae expressed in (µg/g).
| Mineral | Nannochloropsis sp. |
Tetraselmis
Chuii |
Chaetoceros muelleri |
Thalassiosira
weissflogii |
Tisochrysis
lutea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ca | 3350.00 ± 270.00 c | 54,900.00 ± 4390.00 a | 3340.00 ± 270.00 c | 2550.00 ± 200.00 d | 4840.00 ± 390.00 b |
| Mg | 3300.00 ± 260.00 c | 7350.00 ± 590.00 a | 7560.00 ± 600.00 a | 4180.00 ± 330.00 bc | 5210.00 ± 420.00 b |
| K | 10,100.00 ± 800.00 c | 12,600.00 ± 1000.00 c | 21,200.00 ± 1700.00 b | 34,700.00 ± 2800.00 a | 11,400.00 ± 900.00 c |
| Na | 13,900.00 ± 1100.00 c | 65,700.00 ± 5300.00 ab | 73,000.00 ± 5800.00 a | 49,900.00 ± 400.00 b | 54,800.00 ± 4400.00 b |
| Cu | 45.10 ± 3.60 c | 78.40 ± 6.20 a | 73.60 ± 5.90 ab | 68.80 ± 5.50 b | 78.50 ± 6.30 a |
| Fe | 605.00 ± 48.00 b | 898.00 ± 72.00 a | 969.00 ± 78.00 a | 580.00 ± 46.00 b | 307.00 ± 25.00 c |
| Mn | 94.50 ± 7.60 b | 139.00 ± 11.00 a | 93.80 ± 7.50 b | 106.00 ± 8.00 ab | 78.90 ± 6.30 c |
| Zn | 93.90 ± 7.50 bc | 106.00 ± 8.50 b | 103.00 ± 8.20 b | 83.5 ± 6.70 c | 181.0 ± 14.00 a |
| Pb | 56.90 ± 4.60 b | 69.50 ± 5.60 b | 94.80 ± 7.60 a | 94.8 ± 7.60 a | 108.0 ± 9.00 a |
Values marked with the same superscript letter in rows do not differ significantly, p > 0.05.