Table 4.

Mineral composition (average ± standard deviation) of freeze-dried Parastichopus californicus body wall and muscle bands.

Units	Minerals	Body wall (N = 15; n = 3)	Muscle bands (N = 15; n = 3)
	Ca	2.5*± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.0
	K	0.4 ± 0.1	1.0* ± 0.1
% w/w	Mg	1.4* ± 0.0	0.5 ± 0.0
	Na	8.8* ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.1
	P	0.5 ± 0.0	1.6* ± 0.0
	Cr	6.7* ± 2.4	1.0 ± 0.0
	Cu	3.5* ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.2
	Fe	184.2* ± 151.4	24.6 ± 2.1
mg/kg	Li	6.6* ± 0.6	3.5 ± 0.4
	Mn	43.6* ± 4.3	0.9 ± 0.0
	Ni	4.0* ± 1.3	2.8 ± 4.2
	Zn	40.4 ± 4.3	128.5* ± 2.9

^*Denotes statistical significance between body wall and muscle bands at P < 0.05.