Table 6.
The mineral content of quinoa seeds of different varieties.
| Year | Country | Location | Variety | Ca | Fe | Mg | P | K | Na | Zn | Cu | Mn | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mg kg−1 Seed DM | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | Peru | Huancayo | 940.0 | 168.0 | 2700.0 | 1400.0 | 115.0 | 48.0 | 37.0 | [23] | |||
| 2004 | 863.0 | 150.0 | 5020.0 | 4110.0 | 7320.0 | 40.0 | [27] | ||||||
| 2006 | 1274.0 | 20.0 | 3869.0 | 6967.0 | 48.0 | [24] | |||||||
| 2009 | 565.0 | 14.0 | 1760.0 | 4689.0 | 11,930.0 | 28.0 | [28] | ||||||
| 2016 | Chile | Río Hurtado | Regalona | 1265.5 | 91.0 | 2278.5 | 3437.9 | 13,856.5 | 12.1 | 40.9 | [11] | ||
| Salcedo | 1360.2 | 83.3 | 2238.1 | 3246.1 | 10,006.3 | 11.4 | 42.7 | ||||||
| Titicaca | 619.0 | 82.5 | 1814.0 | 2846.4 | 10,250.3 | 5.2 | 40.8 | ||||||
| Spain | El Pobo | Regalona | 729.0 | 55.4 | 1962.9 | 4232.9 | 11,440.3 | 3117.0 | 25.4 | ||||
| Salcedo | 934.5 | 66.8 | 1741.2 | 3155.8 | 8866.9 | 16.7 | 25.3 | ||||||
| Titicaca | 888.4 | 69.3 | 1863.9 | 3915.4 | 14,678.5 | 16.7 | 25.1 | ||||||
| Peru | Arequipa | Salcedo | 514.0 | 62.8 | 1924.1 | 3934.6 | 9648.7 | 5147.0 | 33.0 | ||||
| 2015 | Various | 870.0 | 94.7 | 3620.0 | 4060.0 | 9070.0 | 200.0 | 21.5 | 78.4 | [17] | |||
| Bolivia | 1130.0 | 50.2 | 2510.0 | ||||||||||
| Peru | 630.0 | 84.7 | 2730.0 | 37.3 | |||||||||
| USA | 540.0 | 52.7 | 2270.0 | 5270.0 | 6490.0 | 60.0 | 35.7 | 6.8 | |||||