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Table 2 Organic acid content in fruit pulp expressed on the basis of wet weight (n = 3)*

From: Dietary fiber, organic acids and minerals in selected wild edible fruits of Mozambique

Sample

Citric acid

Tartaric acid

Malic acid (g/kg)

Succininc acid

Adansonia digitata

25.7±2.1*

ND

1.6±0.2

0.1±0.0

Landolphia kirkii

21.5±2.1

ND

0.4±0.1

0.03±0.0

Salacia kraussii

0.9±0.3

ND

1.1±0.1

0.1±0.0

Sclerocarya birrea

8.5±1.3

trace

1.2±0.2

0.1±0.0

Vangueria infausta

6.2±0.5

ND

2.1±0.2

0.1±0.0

  1. * ± indicates standard deviation, ND= not detected.