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. 2021 Mar 16;2021:8863776. doi: 10.1155/2021/8863776

Table 2.

Mineral composition of maize, oyster mushroom, and complementary flour blends.

Constituent (mg/100 g) Maize flour (mg/100 g) Oyster mushroom flour (mg/100 g) Maize to oyster mushroom flour ratio
70 : 30 60 : 40 50 : 50
Iron 3.08a ± 0.35 12.57b ± 0.12 8.30ab ± 0.38 8.52ab ± 0.71 8.73ab ± 0.60
Zinc 3.51a ± 0.27 8.31b ± 0.25 3.80ab ± 0.03 4.12ab ± 0.28 4.54ab ± 0.03
Calcium 13.33a ± 3.41 49.45b ± 4.22 44.59ab ± 3.13 45.04ab ± 4.11 51.13ab ± 5.09
Potassium 391.44a ± 7.22 2509.67b ± 10.31 1198.51ab ± 9.14 1210.48ab ± 13.18 1214.13ab ± 11.27

Meanvalues (n = 3) ± SD on a dry weight basis; means in the same row with different letters as superscript are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).