Table 6.

Concentration of minerals during the course of rice fermentation.

Fermentation time (day)	Phytase activity (μg min−1g−1)	Mineral contents (PPM)
		Sodium	Calcium	Magnesium	Manganese	Ferrous
0	ND	0.44 ± 0.41	0.78 ± 0.06	6.03 ± 0.13	0.03 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.005
1	0.79 ± 0.05	0.59 ± 0.03	0.81 ± 0.02	6.17 ± 0.1	0.09 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.005
2	1.11 ± 0.03	0.77 ± 0.02	1.02 ± 0.06	6.45 ± 0.06	0.16 ± 0.03	0.08 ± 0.01
3	3.64 ± 0.11	0.81 ± 0.06	1.34 ± 0.06	6.91 ± 0.06	0.30 ± 0.06	0.21 ± 0.02
4	7.81 ± 0.24	0.92 ± 0.04	1.16 ± 0.08	6.53 ± 0.08	0.09 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.03
5	6.39 ± 0.1	0.67 ± 0.02	0.92 ± 0.05	6.26 ± 0.09	0.016 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.01
6	4.31 ± 0.12	0.47 ± 0.04	0.74 ± 0.06	5.74 ± 0.07	0.01 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01

Values are shown as mean ± S.D (n = 3).