Table 3.

Effect of ultrasound (US) pretreatment and different methods on the Ash and Minerals of Purslane.

		P0	P1	P2	P3	P4
Ash (%)	M1	18.09 ± 0.31aA	18.06 ± 1.08aA	18.05 ± 1.30aA	18.03 ± 0.64aA	18.00 ± 1.06aA
	M2	18.31 ± 0.61aA	18.28 ± 1.57aA	18.26 ± 0.43aA	18.24 ± 0.09aA	18.21 ± 0.5aA
	M3	18.42 ± 0.33aA	18.40 ± 0.87aA	18.37 ± 0.47aA	18.34 ± 0.75aA	18.32 ± 1.14aA
	M4	18.5 ± 0.44aA	18.48 ± 1.18aA	18.46 ± 1.17aA	18.44 ± 0.42aA	18.40 ± 0.64aA
	M5	18.84 ± 1.29aA	18.81 ± 0.76aA	18.79 ± 0.90aA	18.76 ± 0.75aA	18.72 ± 0.83aA
	M6	18.72 ± 0.65aA	18.70 ± 1.22aA	18.68 ± 0.85aA	18.65 ± 0.26aA	18.62 ± 0.83aA
Mineral K(mg/100) Fw	M1	487.12 ± 1.03dA	485.14 ± 0.48dB	480.19 ± 0.75dC	478.2 ± 0.33dD	476.12 ± 0.85cE
	M2	487.93 ± 0.82cdA	485.94 ± 0.4cdB	480.95 ± 0.36dC	478.97 ± 0.53dD	476.89 ± 0.70bcE
	M3	489.5 ± 0.48bcA	487.52 ± 1.37bcB	482.56 ± 0.86bcC	480.58 ± 0.69bcD	478.49 ± 1.23abE
	M4	488.4 ± 0.46cdA	486.41 ± 0.85cdB	481.43 ± 0.99cdC	479.43 ± 1.04cdD	477.35 ± 0.08bcE
	M5	491.2 ± 0.79aA	489.22 ± 1.09aB	484.23 ± 0.48aC	482.24 ± 0.42aD	480.16 ± 1.25aE
	M6	490.18 ± 1.37abA	488.2 ± 0.72abB	483.21 ± 0.48abC	481.22 ± 0.93abD	479.14 ± 0.91aE
Mg(mg/100 g)Fw	M1	65.50 ± 0.98aA	64.12 ± 0.86aA	61.32 ± 1.03bB	59.65 ± 1.17aB	57.15 ± 0.48aC
	M2	65.94 ± 0.92aA	64.56 ± 0.91aA	62.06 ± 0.78abB	60.39 ± 0.97aC	57.85 ± 0.87aD
	M3	66.84 ± 1.14aA	65.46 ± 0.59aA	62.66 ± 0.82abB	60.99 ± 1.46aB	58.49 ± 1.46aC
	M4	66.14 ± 0.94aA	64.76 ± 1.46aA	61.96 ± 1.04abB	60.29 ± 0.31aB	57.79 ± 0.37aC
	M5	67.15 ± 0.84aA	65.77 ± 0.16aA	62.97 ± 0.78aB	61.3 ± 0.41aC	58.8 ± 1.26aD
	M6	67.00 ± 0.85aA	65.62 ± 0.64aA	62.81 ± 0.35abB	61.15 ± 1.03aC	58.65 ± 1.14aD
P (mg/100 g)	M1	41.12 ± 1.00abA	40.08 ± 0.52bA	39.12 ± 1.42bAB	37.56 ± 1.35bB	35.35 ± 1.12bC
	M2	41.86 ± 0.53abA	40.82 ± 1.05abAB	39.85 ± 0.81abBC	38.3 ± 1.07abC	36.09 ± 0.94abD
	M3	42.12 ± 0.59abA	41.08 ± 0.48abAB	40.12 ± 1.05abB	38.56 ± 0.65abC	36.35 ± 1.06abD
	M4	42.40 ± 0.85abA	41.36 ± 1.02abAB	40.4 ± 0.37abB	38.84 ± 0.09abC	36.63 ± 1.12abD
	M5	43.44 ± 0.31aA	42.4 ± 0.72aAB	41.44 ± 0.87aB	39.88 ± 0.74aC	37.67 ± 0.41aD
	M6	42.87 ± 0.3abA	41.83 ± 1.02aAB	40.87 ± 0.68abB	39.31 ± 0.6aC	37.1 ± 0.44abD

Values are expressed as Mean ± SD (n = 3), a-f within a column and A-F within a row, with different letters are significantly different. M1 (sun drying), M2 (solar tunnel drying), M3 (cabinet drying), M4 (vacuum drying), M5 (freeze drying) and M6 (microwave assisted drying). P0 (control), P1 (US treatment for 15 min), P2 (US treatment for 30 min), P3 (US treatment for 45 min), P4 (US treatment for 60 min).