Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the key nutritional traits in the chickpea reference set.

Trait	Range	Mean	Standard deviation
β-Carotene (mg/100 g)	0.003–0.104	0.044	0.022
Calcium (mg/100 g)	60.693–176.550	108.686	25.995
Crude protein (g/100 g)	16.560–24.640	20.738	1.721
Folate (mg/kg)	0.413–6.537	1.609	0.798
Iron (mg/100 g)	2.260–7.248	4.359	1.083
Magnesium (mg/100 g)	64.075–134.566	100.345	14.389
Manganese (mg/100 g)	0.672–3.728	1.782	0.618
Phytic acid (mg/g)	2.070–19.380	10.675	4.095
Vitamin B1 (mg/100 g)	0.055–0.502	0.189	0.113
Vitamin B2 (mg/100 g)	0.011–0.638	0.111	0.091
Vitamin B6 (mg/100 g)	0.116–1.570	0.411	0.243
Zinc (mg/100 g)	1.149–4.585	2.762	0.696