. 2013 Oct 10;52(3):1705–1711. doi: 10.1007/s13197-013-1178-5

Table 4.

Total (mg/100 g) and extractable (%) Ca, P and Fe of sorghum cultivar (WadAhmed) as affected by irradiation followed by processing

Radiation dose (KGy)	Treatment	Minerals
		Ca		P		Fe
		Total (mg/100 g)	Extractable (%)	Total (mg/100 g)	Extractable (%)	Total (mg/100 g)	Extractable (%)
0	Raw	15.3 ± 0.12^ef	32.0 ± 0.65^k	330.0 ± 0.43^l	44.3 ± 1.76^j	3.3 ± 0.21^bcd	6.0 ± 0.01^f
	Fermented	20.4 ± 3.42^c	73.3 ± 0.43^d	355.0 ±1.64^c	60.7 ± 0.52^e	3.4 ± 1.07^b	20.1 ± 1.54^c
	Cooked	14.9 ±0.16^f	38.9 ± 0.16ⁱ	328.0 ± 2.06^m	43.1 ± 1.71^k	3.8 ±0.37^a	5. 9 ± 0.59^e
	Fermented cooked	17.1 ± 0.43^d	71.1 ± 1.98^e	333.0 ± 0.18^j	57.2 ± 2.04^f	3.4 ± 0.11^bc	20.0 ± 0.72^d
5	Raw	15.6 ± 0.02^e	36.7 ± 0.20^j	330.0 ±0.74^l	45.7 ± 1.63ⁱ	3.3 ± 0.23^bcd	16.0 ± 0.94^f
	Fermented	20.5 ± 0.29^bc	70.0 ± 0.98^f	343.0 ± 0.76^e	66.6 ± 0.0^d	3.1 ± 0.32^efg	22.1 ± 0.98^c
	Cooked	15.3 ± 0.43^ef	25.0 ± 0.34^l	331.0 ±0.31^k	48.3 ± 0.90^h	3.0 ± 0.98^gh	15.9 ± 0.65^f
	Fermented cooked	17.0 ± 0.22^d	68.0 ± 0.76^g	341.0 ± 0.54^f	67.6 ± 0.65^d	3.4 ± 0.43^bc	22.9 ± 0.12^b
10	Raw	15.2 ± 0.73^ef	50.0 ± 0.07^h	337.0 ± 1.02^h	46.4 ± 0.04ⁱ	3.3 ± 0.13^cde	6.8 ± 0.19^e
	Fermented	21.0 ± 0.12^b	101.0 ± 0.87^a	355.0 ±0.65^c	74.7 ± 0.16^c	3.2 ± 0.35^ef	22.2 ± 0.45^c
	Cooked	14.9 ± 0.08^f	38.8 ± 0.07ⁱ	327.5 ± 0.24ⁿ	51.0 ± 0.36^g	3.2 ± 0.68^efg	6.0 ± 0.76^f
	Fermented cooked	16.6 ± 0.05^d	75.0 ± 0.87^c	344.0 ±0.75^d	73.9 ± 0.45^c	3.2 ± 0.97^def	22.6 ± 0.43^b
15	Raw	15.2 ± 0.83^ef	50.0 ± 0.71^h	338.6^g ±0.09	46.9 ± 0.27ⁱ	3.3 ± 0.67^bcd	15.9 ± 0.23^f
	Fermented	27.0 ± 1.93^a	92.6 ± 0.70^b	356.0 ± 0.87^b	76.7 ± 0.98^b	3.0 ± 0.87^h	23.7 ± 0.23^a
	Cooked	13.8 ± 0.86^g	36.7 ± 0.63^j	335.0 ± 1.83ⁱ	48.1 ± 0.34^h	3.1 ± 0.43^fgh	6.1 ± 0.18^f
	Fermented cooked	20.6 ± 0.63^bc	75.0 ± 0.06^c	360.0 ± 0.76^a	83.4 ± 0.31^a	3.0 ± 0.32^gh	22.8 ± 0.43^b

Values are means ± SD (n = 3)

Means not sharing a common superscript(s) in a column are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05