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. 2020 Mar 18;75(2):298–304. doi: 10.1007/s11130-020-00808-0

Table 3.

Content of mineral compounds in potatoes

Compound Sample
Raw Boiling Steaming (steel pot) Steaming (combi oven) Microwaving Grilling
Copper (μg/g DW) 3.58 ± 0.11a 3.77 ± 0.05ab 3.81 ± 0.23ab 3.81 ± 0.07ab 3.96 ± 0.14bc 4.08 ± 0.17c
Manganese (μg/g DW) 3.59 ± 0.02cd 3.02 ± 0.10ab 3.14 ± 0.06b 3.44 ± 0.21c 3.52 ± 0.04c 3.54 ± 0.15c
Iron (μg/g DW) 10.16 ± 0.13a 10.47 ± 0.26a 10.29 ± 0.18a 11.46 ± 0.34b 12.92 ± 0.22d 12.41 ± 0.13c
Zinc (μg/g DW) 11.77 ± 0.37b 10.81 ± 0.12a 11.20 ± 0.24ac 11.40 ± 0.31bc 13.41 ± 0.39d 12.91 ± 0.15d
Magnesium (μg/g DW) 879.8 ± 14.2bc 802.8 ± 8.7a 861.2 ± 10.9b 895.2 ± 15.5c 901.6 ± 2.4c 897.9 ± 21.1c
Calcium (μg/g DW) 212.1 ± 3.2a 230.6 ± 5.5b 232.0 ± 5.4b 241.4 ± 7.9b 292.1 ± 5.1d 271.2 ± 8.8c
Sodium (μg/g DW) 26.75 ± 0.35a 26.36 ± 0.53a 26.24 ± 0.39a 27.02 ± 0.62ab 28.02 ± 0.49c 27.63 ± 0.38bc
Potassium (mg/g DW) 20.20 ± 0.16c 19.20 ± 0.20a 19.81 ± 0.25b 21.38 ± 0.31d 21.97 ± 0.12e 22.17 ± 0.19e
Phosphorus (mg/g DW) 2.20 ± 0.02a 2.18 ± 0.01a 2.27 ± 0.04b 2.37 ± 0.02c 2.52 ± 0.01d 2.50 ± 0.05d

DW – Dry weight

Results are reported as mean value ± standard deviation

Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)