Table 2.

Macroelements (mg g⁻¹ FW) and microelements (µg g⁻¹ FW) of two underutilized species of Amaranthus leafy vegetables.

Genotypes	Macroelements			Microelements
	K	Ca	Mg	Fe	Mn	Cu	Zn
A. tricolor
AT2	4.96 ± 0.11 b	2.32 ± 0.15 b	3.38 ± 0.17 b	11.86 ± 0.26 c	6.86 ± 0.13 c	1.32 ± 0.03 d	6.85 ± 0.13 e
AT5	4.97 ± 0.10 b	1.93 ± 0.16 c	3.39 ± 0.13 b	10.76 ± 0.23 e	7.92 ± 0.17 b	1.05 ± 0.02 e	7.08 ± 0.15 d
AT9	4.95 ± 0.14 b	2.36 ± 0.15 b	3.42 ± 0.18 b	15.05 ± 0.28 b	6.79 ± 0.14 c	1.04 ± 0.03 e	7.06 ± 0.16 d
AT12	6.72 ± 0.11 a	2.35 ± 0.11 b	3.74 ± 0.12 a	18.34 ± 0.25 a	15.12 ± 0.18 a	2.12 ± 0.03 c	17.12 ± 0.14 a
A. lividus
SA3	4.22 ± 0.14 c	3.45 ± 0.17 a	3.15 ± 0.19 c	11.08 ± 0.24 d	3.12 ± 0.12 g	2.98 ± 0.04 a	7.05 ± 0.13 d
SA10	4.15 ± 0.16 c	1.88 ± 0.15 c	3.35 ± 0.13 b	18.24 ± 0.21 a	3.76 ± 0.14 f	2.32 ± 0.03 b	8.72 ± 0.18 b
SA14	3.77 ± 0.14 d	1.91 ± 0.16 c	2.98 ± 0.17 c	11.02 ± 0.23 d	4.77 ± 0.14 e	1.34 ± 0.03 d	6.02 ± 0.12 f
SA21	3.72 ± 0.16 d	1.56 ± 0.16 cd	2.65 ± 0.14 d	10.72 ± 0.17 e	5.95 ± 0.14 d	2.08 ± 0.05 c	7.86 ± 0.15 c
Significance	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
CV%	0.12	0.35	0.25	0.21	0.32	0.13	0.26

CV, coefficient of variation; n = 3; in a column, different letters in mean values are significantly differed by Duncan Multiple Range Test (**, p < 0.01).