Table 2.
Mineral composition of wild and domesticated species in Mexico and other countries.
| Species | Mineral (mg/100 g sample) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Ca | Na | P | Fe | Mn | |
| O. streptacantha a | 2213 | 667 | 70 | 0.09 | 2.9 | 16.5 |
| O. hyptiacantha a | 2690 | 740 | 87 | 0.09 | 3.9 | 9.8 |
| O. megacantha a | 1960 | 683 | 137 | 0.08 | 5.1 | 13.3 |
| O. albicarpa a | 1956 | 647 | 77 | 0.09 | 0.7 | 24.1 |
| O. ficus-indica a | 2403 | 627 | 63 | 0.09 | 8.6 | 13.8 |
| O. humifusab | 1269 | 1968 | nd | 1110 | nd | 1411 |