. 2020 Oct 30;6(10):e05382. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05382

Table 6.

Mineral contents of all the dried samples (BM: microwave dried sample; BS: sun dried sample, BH: hot air dried sample; BF: freeze dried sample).

Minerals (mg/kg)	BM	BS	BH	BF
Potassium (K)	6343.80 ± 3.38^a	6344.13 ± 3.66^a	6337.13 ± 14.53^a	6337.13 ± 8.82^a
Calcium (Ca)	553.10 ± 1.33^a	548.77 ± 0.33^a	556.77 ± 4.17^a	563.44 ± 6.50^a
Phosphorus (P)	280.15 ± 1.15^a	281.15 ± 2.08^a	278.48 ± 8.57^a	283.15 ± 2.64^a
Sodium (Na)	109.79 ± 3.17^a	110.36 ± 2.90^a	106.72 ± 1.70^a	111.16 ± 2.88^a
Iron (Fe)	13.89 ± 1.45^ab	17.22 ± 0.57^a	13.56 ± 0.88^b	16.56 ± 2.72^ab
Copper (Cu)	10.45 ± 0.48^ab	9.62 ± 0.41^ab	5.41 ± 2.16^b	13.08 ± 1.59^a
Manganese (Mn)	148.97 ± 2.90^ab	149.64 ± 5.33^a	140.98 ± 20.27^ab	124.31 ± 5.77^b
Total value	7460.18 ± 5.95	7460.18 ± 7.43	7439.07 ± 26.86	7448.84 ± 13.36

All values are reported on dry basis. The amounts are provided in the mean ± standard deviation (s.d.) form, after performing at least triplicate experiments. Total value calculated using “∑mean ± sqrt∑(s.d.²)”. The superscript letters a, b, c and d shown in the table represent the significant differences (p < 0.05) for the same parameters of the different samples.