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. 2020 Apr 30;57(10):3688–3695. doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04401-w

Table 2.

Mineral composition of amadumbe flours as influenced by corm size

Minerals	Corm size
Minerals	Small	Medium	Large
Ca*	0.09^a ± 0.00	0.11^a ± 0.00	0.05^b ± 0.00
Mg*	0.08^a ± 0.00	0.09^a ± 0.00	0.07^b ± 0.00
K*	1.47^a ± 0.02	1.14^b ± 0.02	0.59^c ± 0.03
Na*	0.06^a ± 0.00	0.04^b ± 0.01	0.03^b ± 0.00
K/(Na + Mg)*	3.25^a ± 0.12	2.29^b ± 0.03	1.82^c ± 0.04
P*	0.18^a ± 0.00	0.09^c ± 0.00	0.12^b ± 0.00
Zn**	0.65^b ± 0.01	0.33^c ± 1.48	2.63^a ± 0.05
Cu**	0.02^b ± 0.31	0.13^a ± 0.90	0.02^b ± 0.31
Mn**	0.33^b ± 1.53	0.43^b ± 0.07	0.55^a ± 1.54
Fe**	2.49^a ± 1.49	0.87^b ± 0.14	2.52^a ± 1.50

Mean ± SD. Mean with different superscript along the row are significantly different (p < 0.05)

*g/100 g, **mg/100 g