Table 4.
Mineral content before and after simulated gastrointestinal digestion in microgreens.
| Microgreen | Total Content mg/100 g |
Bioaccessible Fraction mg/100 g |
Bioaccessibility (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium 1 | |||
| Broccoli | 86.21 ± 3.23 d | 71.81 ± 2.63 b | 83.30 ± 3.06 ab |
| Kale | 100.97 ± 2.02 b | 88.96 ± 2.30 a | 88.30 ± 2.28 ab |
| Mustard | 101.71 ± 1.10 ab | 91.82 ± 2.07 a | 90.27 ± 9.26 a |
| Radish | 95.04 ± 4.65 c | 76.15 ± 0.12 b | 80.13 ± 0.11 b |
| Calcium 1 | |||
| Broccoli | 37.38 ± 2.07 b | 12.67 ± 0.12 c | 33.91 ± 0.15 b |
| Kale | 40.38 ± 0.60 ab | 22.48 ± 0.18 a | 55.67 ± 0.17 a |
| Mustard | 32.20 ± 2.09 c | 19.8 ± 5.78 ab | 61.48 ± 17.94 a |
| Radish | 31.02 ± 1.07 c | 14.84 ± 0.15 bc | 47.85 ± 0.18 ab |
| Magnesium 1 | |||
| Broccoli | 11.95 ± 0.35 b | 7.03 ± 0.56 c | 58.83 ± 4.66 b |
| Kale | 11.21 ± 0.15 c | 7.87 ± 0.26b c | 70.26 ± 2.30 a |
| Mustard | 12.87 ± 0.19 a | 9.36 ± 0.69 a | 73.41 ± 6.36 a |
| Radish | 11.21 ± 0.17 c | 8.12 ± 0.42 b | 72.42 ± 3.79 ab |
| Iron 1 | |||
| Broccoli | 0.39 ± 0.03 a | ND | - |
| Kale | 0.39 ± 0.01 a | ND | - |
| Mustard | 0.32 ± 0.02 bc | ND | - |
| Radish | 0.30 ± 0.02 c | ND | - |
| Zinc 1 | |||
| Broccoli | 0.15 ± 0.04 a | ND | - |
| Kale | 0.16 ± 0.04 a | ND | - |
| Mustard | 0.15 ± 0.03 a | ND | - |
| Radish | 0.15 ± 0.02 a | ND | - |
1 Data presented in fresh weight (FW). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 3). Different lowercase letters in the same column for each mineral compound indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). ND: not detected.