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. 2020 Jan 14;8:e8376. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8376

Table 1. Average concentration for elemental composition obtained from EDX analysis (Wt%).

Element Statistic B-Control G-Control B-AA W-AA
C Mean ± SD
95% CI
59.60 ± 1.15
59.07−60.14
59.81 ± 1.85
58.95–60.68
61.14 ± 1.64
60.37–61.90
56.72 ± 2.86
55.38–58.06
N Mean ± SD
95% CI
13.42 ± 1.28
12.82–14.02
13.78 ± 1.08
13.27–14.28
13.09 ± 1.30
12.48–13.69
11.61 ± 1.19
11.05–12.16
O Mean ± SD
95% CI
15.30 ± 1.26
14.71–15.89
14.37 ± 1.01
13.90–14.84
13.56 ± 1.67
12.77–14.34
11.23 ± 1.35
10.60–11.86
S Mean ± SD
95% CI
9.43 ± 1.54
8.71–10.16
9.51 ± 0.74
9.17–9.86
9.84 ± 3.13
8.37–11.30
17.56 ± 3.11
16.11–19.02
Fe Mean ± SD
95% CI
0.13 ± 0.05
0.10–0.15
0.11 ± 0.04
0.09–0.13
0.13 ± 0.05
0.10–0.15
0.20 ± 0.07
0.17–0.23
Cu Mean ± SD
95% CI
0.42 ± 0.12
0.37–0.48
0.50 ± 0.07
0.46–0.53
0.48 ± 0.14
0.41–0.54
0.67 ± 0.16
0.60–0.75
Zn Mean ± SD
95% CI
0.25 ± 0.05
0.23–0.27
0.29 ± 0.05
0.27–0.32
0.28 ± 0.07
0.25–0.31
0.45 ± 0.09
0.41–0.49