Table 2.
Chemical composition and macro minerals, trace elements and potentially toxic elements of brown seaweeds.
| Chemical Composition | Macrominerals (g/kg DM) |
Trace Elements (mg/kg DM) |
Potentially Toxic Trace Elements (mg/kg DM) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash (% DM) |
CP (% DM) |
NDF (% DM) |
EE (% DM) |
DMD (%) | Ca | P | Mg | Fe | I | Zn | Br | As | Pb | Hg | |
| Saccharina latissimi | 40 * | 12–(17.5 *) | 40 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 960–120 | 40 | 550 | 26–70 | 0 | 0.1 | |
| Fucus serratus/spp. | 30 | 6 | 26 | 15–50 | 9–13 | 2 | 7–9 | 40–310 | 300 | 40–50 | 420 | 25–40 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Laminiaria digitata/spp. | 25–38 | 9–12 | 17–22 | 0.30 | 70–75 | 10–13 | 3 | 6 | 30–179 | 880 | 18–25 | 280 | 50–70 | 0 | 0 |
| Pelvetia canaliculata | 21 | 7 | 2.80 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 200 | 250 | 70 | 520 | 50 | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| Ascophyllum nodosum | 220 | 4.5–6 | 32 | 10–30 | 1–2 | 5–10 | 35–100 | <1000 | 35–100 | <3–22 | |||||