. 2012 Aug 19;51(10):2755–2761. doi: 10.1007/s13197-012-0802-0

Table 5.

Effect of size reduction, hydrothermal and fermentation treatments on mineral content of wheat bran (n = 3)

Average particle size of the bran (μm)	Control	Hydrothermaled	Fermented
Fe⁺²(%)
1200	0.026 ± 0.0010^Aa	0.025 ± 0.0020^Ab	0.026 ± 0.0010^Aa
420	0.023 ± 0.0010^Ba	0.022 ± 0.0010^Bb	0.023 ± 0.0010^Ba
280	0.018 ± 0.0020^Ca	0.017 ± 0.0020^Cb	0.017 ± 0.0010^Ca
170	0.016 ± 0.0010^Da	0.015 ± 0.0010^Db	0.016 ± 0.0010^Ca
90	0.016 ± 0.0010^Da	0.014 ± 0.0020^Db	0.014 ± 0.0020^Db
Zn⁺²(%)
1200	0.006 ± 0.0001^Aa	0.006 ± 0.0001^Ab	0.006 ± 0.0001^Aa
420	0.005 ± 0.0002^Ba	0.005 ± 0.0001^Bb	0.005 ± 0.0001^Ba
280	0.004 ± 0.0001^Ca	0.004 ± 0.0001^Cb	0.004 ± 0.0002^Ca
170	0.004 ± 0.0001^Ca	0.003 ± 0.0001^Db	0.003 ± 0.0002^Da
90	0.003 ± 0.0002^Da	0.002 ± 0.0001^Eb	0.003 ± 0.0002^Da
Ca⁺²(%)
1200	0.080 ± 0.0010^Aa	0.080 ± 0.0010^Ab	0.082 ± 0.0090^Aa
420	0.070 ± 0.0020^Ba	0.067 ± 0.0090^Bb	0.068 ± 0.0200^Bb
280	0.063 ± 0.0020^Ca	0.056 ± 0.0090^Cb	0.058 ± 0.0090^Bb
170	0.055 ± 0.0090^Da	0.051 ± 0.0090^Cb	0.052 ± 0.0100^Cb
90	0.046 ± 0.0100^Ea	0.040 ± 0.0080^Db	0.042 ± 0.0100^Db

Different capital letters in each column and small letters in each row are significantly different (p < 0.05)