Table 5. Mineral content for date pulp and seed of ‘Medjool’ cultivar grown in Mexico (mg/100 g, dry weight).

Component	Pulp	Seed
Potassium	851.98 ± 21.29	413.36 ± 13.3
Magnesium	142.97 ± 6.09	35.95 ± 3.2
Calcium	129.14 ± 4.20	54.22 ± 4.5
Phosphorus	139.40 ± 3.98	92.42 ± 5.7
Sulfur	109.89 ± 1.39	151.36 ± 12.5
Sodium	27.78 ± 0.26	34.07 ± 3.9
Silicon	11.21 ± 3.43	0.79 ± 0.1
Selenium	5.39 ± 0.41	4.06 ± 0.2
Copper	1.03 ± 0.13	0.83 ± 0.1
Iron	0.31 ± 0.02	1.32 ± 0.2
Manganese	0.44 ± 0.02	0.76 ± 0.1
Zinc	0.26 ± 0.07	1.08 ± 0.3

Notes.

Values are mean ± SD of three independent determinations.