Table 3.

Mineral composition of different species of silkworm pupae [21,22,24,35].

Minerals (mg/100 g Dry Weight)	Bombyx mori	Eri Silkworm Pupae	Antheraea pernyi
Phosphorus	474	584	272
Iron	26	24	4
Calcium	158	74.2	63
Zinc	23	7.24	3.57
Copper	0.15	1.75	0.73
Magnesium	207	178	154
Manganese	0.71	2.54	NA
Chromium	1.69	NA	9.84

Values are expressed as mg/100 g dry weight. NA: data not available.