. 2022 Dec 1;12:20705. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25204-3

Table 1.

Mineral composition of selected spices.

Mineral elements	X. aethiopica	P. guineense	R. beninensis
Zn (mg/L)	4.09 ± 0.04^e	1.11 ± 0.01^c	7.33 ± 0.01^k
Ca (mg/L)	8.62 ± 0.02^p	10.77 ± 0.01^j	9.03 ± 0.01^m
Fe (mg/L)	14.07 ± 0.02^z	11.16 ± 0.01^r	16.03 ± 0.01f.
Se (mg/L)	0.45 ± 0.01^g	0.64 ± 0.02^b	0.25 ± 0.01^q
Na (mg/L)	6.08 ± 0.01^d	4.98 ± 0.01^m	3.72 ± 0.01^c
Mo (mg/L)	1.09 ± 0.01^x	3.07 ± 0.01^v	2.33 ± 0.01^t
Mg (mg/L)	7.54 ± 0.01^s	4.38 ± 0.04^k	5.95 ± 0.02^y
Cu (mg/L)	3.95 ± 0.01^j	5.58 ± 0.01^a	6.82 ± 0.02^z
Mn (mg/L)	5.47 ± 0.01^u	4.75 ± 0.01^f	2.43 ± 0.01^h
K (mg/L)	11.31 ± 0.02^c	8.81 ± 0.01^s	6.55 ± 0.01^j

Values are expressed as mean ± standard error of mean (X ± S.E.M.) in triplicate. Values with different letter along the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05).