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. 2021 Jan 6;58(9):3417–3429. doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04937-x

Table 2.

Content (mg kg⁻¹) of minerals quantified in bracatinga (Mimosa scabrella Bentham) honeydew honey from different geographical locations

Compound	Content	Region
Compound	Content	Bocaina do Sul (n = 5)	Urupema (n = 4)	Lages (n = 4)	Bom Retiro (n = 3)	Urubici (n = 3)
K⁺	Minimum	5159	3789	4632	3529	4564
	Maximum	6332	5253	6048	2323	6072
	Mean ± SD	5723 ± 456.2^a	4597 ± 614.8^a,b	5153 ± 617.3^a,b	3085 ± 662.5^b	5295 ± 755.0^a,b
Na⁺	Minimum	2.421	8.670	4.691	8.710	2.894
	Maximum	8.442	13.31	8.782	9.870	8.133
	Mean ± SD	4.801 ± 2.310^b	11.01 ± 2.080^a	7.110 ± 1.742^a,b	9.202 ± 0.602^a,b	5.370 ± 2.632^a,b
Ca²⁺	Minimum	4.792	19.33	41.57	97.93	6.241
	Maximum	34.75	38.05	124.7	139.6	29.74
	Mean ± SD	19.59 ± 12.66^a	26.01 ± 8.621^a	64.07 ± 40.49^a	112.3 ± 23.63^a	15.17 ± 12.73^a
Mg²⁺	Minimum	50.90	40.38	49.55	56.42	43.33
	Maximum	55.44	49.10	80.66	61.21	55.78
	Mean ± SD	53.53 ± 1.661^a,b	46.47 ± 4.144^b	63.02 ± 13.31^a	59.19 ± 2.481^a	50.81 ± 6.591^a,b
Sum	Minimum	5253	3866	4846	2533	4642
	Maximum	6395	5352	6163	3699	6140
	Mean ± SD	5801 ± 445.8^a	4681 ± 623.4^a,b	5287 ± 593.7^a,b	3265 ± 638.1^b	5366 ± 750.2^a,b

SD standard deviation

Different superscript letters in the same row represent statistical (p < 0.05) difference by Kruskal–Wallis test