. 2018 May 3;55(7):2679–2691. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3190-2

Table 3.

Mineral composition of different species of passion fruit (mg/100 g of dry weight) with mean and standard deviation

	Yellow	Purple	Orange
Zinc
Pulp	5.20 ± 0.10^b	2.10 ± 0.05^c	6.50 ± 0.12^a
Peel	1.00 ± 0.02^b	0.90 ± 0.01^c	5.80 ± 0.05^a
Seed	4.10 ± 0.09^c	4.60 ± 0.05^b	8.90 ± 0.04^a
Iron
Pulp	5.50 ± 0.03^a	2.90 ± 0.02^c	3.20 ± 0.01^b
Peel	3.20 ± 0.04^c	4.60 ± 0.03^a	3.90 ± 0.02^b
Seed	5.20 ± 0.02^a	4.30 ± 0.03^c	4.50 ± 0.03^b
Boron
Pulp	0.70 ± 0.02^a	0.20 ± 0.01^b	0.70 ± 0.02^a
Peel	1.30 ± 0.03^c	1.40 ± 0.03^b	1.60 ± 0.04^a
Seed	0.40 ± 0.01^b	0.50 ± 0.02^a	0.50 ± 0.02^a
Manganese
Pulp	1.20 ± 0.05^a	0.40 ± 0.01^b	1.20 ± 0.01^a
Peel	0.50 ± 0.0^c	0.70 ± 0.02^b	7.30 ± 0.02^a
Seed	2.20 ± 0.05^c	2.30 ± 0.03^b	8.90 ± 0.01^a
Copper
Pulp	0.60 ± 0.02^b	0.20 ± 0.01^c	1.00 ± 0.02^a
Peel	0.10 ± 0.01^c	0.20 ± 0.01^b	0.30 ± 0.01^a
Seed	0.90 ± 0.02^b	0.70 ± 0.02^c	1.30 ± 0.03^a
Phosphorus
Pulp	380 ± 1.98^b	150 ± 1.70^c	390 ± 2.76^a
Peel	140 ± 1.30^b	70.00 ± 1.12^c	240 ± 1.71^a
Seed	310 ± 2.05^b	63.00 ± 1.19^c	390 ± 2.90^a
Sulfur
Pulp	170 ± 2.00^b	90.00 ± 0.85^c	330 ± 3.92^a
Peel	70.00 ± 0.40^c	160 ± 1.35^b	280 ± 2.80^a
Seed	150 ± 1.23^b	32 ± 0.10^c	230 ± 2.09^a
Sodium
Pulp	1.40 ± 0.02^c	5.30 ± 0.04^b	9.40 ± 0.20^a
Peel	2.20 ± 0.02^c	7.30 ± 0.12^b	11.50 ± 0.15^a
Seed	3.46 ± 0.07^c	4.80 ± 0.03^a	4.40 ± 0.05^b
Magnesium
Pulp	200 ± 1.23^b	120 ± 0.95^c	220 ± 1.30^a
Peel	120 ± 0.90^c	130 ± 0.97^b	140 ± 1.34^a
Seed	150 ± 1.10^c	290 ± 1.80^a	200 ± 1.22^b
Nitrogen
Pulp	2400 ± 20.0^a	1100 ± 8.0^c	1700 ± 12.0^b
Peel	620 ± 9.00^c	920 ± 7.50^b	940 ± 7.00^a
Seed	1800 ± 15.0^b	380 ± 1.50^c	2200 ± 18.5^a
Potassium
Pulp	3800 ± 25.5^a	1600 ± 16.0^c	2900 ± 18.5^b
Peel	2600 ± 15.7^c	2800 ± 16.3^b	4000 ± 32.0^a
Seed	760 ± 6.40^b	112 ± 3.00^c	1000 ± 7.80^a
Calcium
Pulp	50.00 ± 0.40^a	20.00 ± 0.12^c	30.00 ± 0.10^b
Peel	250 ± 1.98^b	310 ± 1.69^a	30.00 ± 0.11^c
Seed	30.00 ± 0.35^b	6.00 ± 0.02^c	330 ± 1.18^a

^a,b,c Different superscript letters in the same row indicate statistically significant difference (p < 0.05)