Table 3.
Mineral content in different algae (mg/100 g DW).
| Macro-Minerals | Micro-Minerals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaweed | Ca | K | Mg | Na | P | Fe | Mn | Zn | Cu | Ref. |
| Chlorophyta | ||||||||||
| Caulerpa lentillifera | 1874.7 | 1142.7 | 1028.6 | 8917.5 | - | 21.37 | - | 3.51 | 0.11 | [36] |
| Ulva rigida | 524.5 | 1561.0 | 2094.1 | 1595.0 | 210.0 | 283.0 | 1.60 | 0.60 | 0.50 | [54] |
| Rhodophyta | ||||||||||
| Chondrus crispus | 420.0 | 3184.0 | 732.0 | 4270.0 | - | 3.97 | 1.32 | 7.14 | <0.50 | [24] |
| Ellisolandia elongata (formerly Corallina mediterranea) | 45,075.2 | 759.3 | 4977.4 | 2457.7 | - | 27.70 | 6.27 | 3.02 | 0.69 | [55] |
| Jania rubens | 42,344.0 | 327.5 | 2986.6 | 2086.2 | - | 47.50 | 9.53 | 2.63 | 0.36 | [55] |
| Palmaria palmata | 1000.0 | 2700.0 | 200.0 | 1100.0 | 500.0 | 31.56 | 3.59 | 2.85 | 0.56 | [56] |
| Porphyra umbilicalis | 687.0 | 1407.0 | 283.3 | 1173.0 | 0.025 | 18.20 | 2.72 | 4.23 | - | [57] |
| Pyropia tenera (formerly Porphyra tenera) | 390.0 | 3500.0 | 565.0 | 3627.0 | - | 10.30 | 2.72 | 2.21 | <0.50 | [24] |
| Pterocladiella capillacea (formerly Pterocladia capillacea) | 6105.0 | 1495.0 | 770.9 | 2949.5 | - | 22.70 | 3.33 | 4.21 | 0.43 | [55] |
| Phaeophyceae | ||||||||||
| Alaria esculenta | 900.0 | 4400.0 | 700.0 | 3900.0 | 400.0 | 2.60 | 0.35 | 2.98 | 2.13 | [56] |
| Ascophyllum nodosum | 984.7 | 3781.4 | 867.8 | 4575.7 | - | 13.34 | 1.96 | - | - | [28] |
| Bifurcaria bifurcata | 996.4 | 9316.3 | 528.0 | 1836.8 | 169.5 | - | - | - | - | [28] |
| Fucus vesiculosus | 938.0 | 4322.0 | 994.0 | 5469.0 | - | 4.20 | 5.50 | 3.71 | <0.50 | [24] |
| Himanthalia elongata | 909.0 | 6739.0 | 826.6 | 3700.0 | 0.015 | 1.81 | 4.09 | 3.77 | - | [57] |
| Laminaria digitata | 1005.0 | 11,579.0 | 659.0 | 3818.0 | - | 3.29 | <0.50 | 1.77 | <0.50 | [24] |
| Undaria pinnatifida | 931.0 | 8699.0 | 1181.0 | 7064.0 | - | 7.56 | 0.87 | 1.74 | <0.50 | [24] |