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. 2011 Aug 12;51(1):34–42. doi: 10.1007/s13197-011-0481-2

Table 2.

Mineral concentrations of the three walnut cultivars

Minerals (mg/100 g) Walnut cultivar Significant level (P value) Mean value
Chaboksar Toyserkan Karaj
Calcium (Ca) 68.15 ± 0.25c 75 ± 0.65a 71 ± 0.92b 0.015 71.38
Sodium (Na) 0.41 ± 0.07a 0.30 ± 0.08b 0.32 ± 0.1b 0.002 0.34
Potassium (K) 280 ± 0.76b 296 ± 0.51a 277 ± 0.14b 0.011 284.3
Magnesium (Mg) 71 ± 0.2b 94 ± 0.68a 74 ± 0.21b 0.005 79.6
Iron (Fe) 3.07 ± 0.34b 3.36 ± 0.91a 2.41 ± 0.14c 0.004 2.94
Zinc (Zn) 1.92 ± 0.44c 2.65 ± 0.75b 3.02 ± 0.23a 0.003 2.53
Manganese (Mn) 2.43 ± 0.35 2.21 ± 0.07 2.35 ± 0.13 ns 2.33
Copper (Cu) 0.65 ± 0.04b 1.11 ± 0.06a 0.98 ± 0.02a 0.002 0.91
Phosphorus (P) 289 ± 0.65b 365 ± 0.36a 303 ± 0.77b 0.014 319

All data represent the mean of three replications

ns not significant

a, b, c letters indicate the statistical difference in rows