Table 2.

Mineral composition of golden rice and non-transgenic BR29 rice seeds (brown).

Components (mg/100 g)	Golden rice	BR29	Ref. Rangea
Sodium	4.75 ± 0.23	4.59 ± 0.30	2–40
Potassium	285.33 ± 6.25	290.75 ± 12.80	70–320
Copper	0.197 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.01	0.1–0.7
Magnesium	104.73 ± 2.93	106.90 ± 00	20–170
Manganese	1.43 ± 0.04	1.50 ± 0.01	0.2–4.2
Iron	0.97 ± 0.16	1.01 ± 0.44	0.2–6.0
Zinc	1.67 ± 0.02	1.59 ± 0.01	0.7–3.3

^aSource: OECD (2004).

Data are means ± SEs of three replicates.