Table 3.
Mineral and trace element contents of the crude polysaccharides.
| Mineral (μg g−1 of Sample) |
Undaria pinnatifida (Sporophyll) | Laminaria japonica | Hizikia fusiforme | Sargassum horneri | Abalone viscera | Codium fragile | Fucoidan | Porphyra tenera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ag | 282.1 | 926.3 | 137.2 | 17.3 | 15.2 | 4.8 | * n.d. | n.d. |
| Al | 3.5 | 35.1 | 28.7 | 22.6 | 6.2 | 74.9 | 362.5 | 500.5 |
| As | 33.1 | 18.7 | 15.4 | 1.9 | 29.3 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| B | 1647.1 | 1098.6 | 215.9 | 122.9 | 65.8 | 59.8 | 89.9 | 23,945.8 |
| Ba | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 97.4 | 115.1 |
| Bi | 405.7 | 740.1 | 577.9 | 353.2 | 289.0 | 470.9 | n.d. | n.d. |
| Ca | 95,735.5 | 136,540.2 | 80,633.2 | 107,498.5 | 68,895.3 | 282,637.1 | 82,928.7 | 62,308.7 |
| Cd | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Co | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 274.3 | 118.7 |
| Cr | n.d. | n.d. | 1.0 | n.d. | 0.1 | 1.4 | 23.1 | 273.4 |
| Cu | 15.6 | 44.0 | 25.5 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 244.1 | n.d. |
| Fe | 25.1 | 69.8 | 59.6 | 103.5 | 583.1 | 132.2 | 216.2 | 1362.2 |
| Ga | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| In | 46.0 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 1044.3 | 2183.4 |
| K | 45,896.1 | 876.0 | 17,531.7 | 9907.2 | 6368.1 | 5456.3 | 9694.1 | 91,790.1 |
| Li | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Mg | 9143.9 | 17,807.9 | 14,562.4 | 15,518.6 | 5590.2 | 6123.8 | 4221.2 | 15,042.7 |
| Mn | 1.1 | 2.2 | 15.0 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 343.2 | 57.0 | 157.4 |
| Na | 8134.2 | 3888.1 | 1068.2 | 424.7 | 3597.4 | 94,248.6 | 7232.6 | 27,630.7 |
| Ni | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 39.4 |
| Pb | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Sr | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Ti | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | 19386.2 |
| Zn | 6.1 | 59.3 | 51.0 | 23.7 | 26.9 | 16.3 | 149.6 | 258.3 |
* n.d.: not detected.