Table 3.
Mean values ± standard deviations of ash (%), total minerals (mg/100 g sample) and mineral content (mg/100 g sample).
| Vegetable Fiber Samples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCH | FPE | FP | FC | FBPC | FPESB | |
| Ash (%) | 8.01 ± 0.04 a | 1.1 ± 0.2 d | 2.36 ± 0.03 c | 2.9 ± 0.5 b | 0.60 ± 0.03 e | 2.29 ± 0.04 c |
| Total minerals | 2460 ± 22 a | 453 ± 79 d | 510 ± 42 d | 1227 ± 34 b | 316 ± 18 e | 746 ± 29 c |
| P | 582 ± 33 a | 29 ± 10 c | 26 ± 2 c | 60 ± 5 b | 7.9 ± 0.7 c | 32.9 ± 1.4 c |
| K | 639 ± 6 a | 42 ± 8 f | 101 ± 10 e | 241 ± 16 b | 167 ± 14 c | 141 ± 7 d |
| Ca | 672 ± 25 b | 71 ± 24 e | 181 ± 13 d | 784 ± 26 a | 96 ± 3 e | 340 ± 16 c |
| Na | 170 ± 12 b | 275 ± 39 a | 116 ± 12 c | 73 ± 2 d | 40 ± 4 e | 60 ± 3 d,e |
| Mg | 380 ± 23 a | 33 ± 12 d | 81 ± 7 c | 66 ± 5 c | 3.706 ± 1.002 e | 107 ± 4 b |
| Zn | 6.4 ± 0.9 a | 0.6 ± 0.3 b | 0,22 ± 0.05 b | - b | - b | 0.58 ± 0.03 b |
| Fe | 6.4 ± 0.6 a | 1.6 ± 0.9 c | 4.7 ± 0.3 b | 2.1 ± 0.2 c | 1.6 ± 0.3 c | 4.2 ± 0.5 b |
| Mn | 2.74 ± 0.14 a | - c | - c | - c | - c | 0.75 ± 0.06 b |
| Cu | 1.29 ± 0.07 a | - b | - b | - b | - b | - b |
| Se | - d | 0.046 ± 0.003 b | 0.0278 ± 0.0009 c | 0.058 ± 0.013 a | - d | - d |
A different letter in the same row is significantly different as determined by the LSD test (p < 0.05).