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Table 3 Mineral content in the pulps, kernels and whole seeds of the studied wild fruits in Mozambique

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

Fruit part, Location_year

Dry matter g/100 g

Ca

K

Fe

Mg

Na mg/100 g

P

S

Se

Zn

Adansonia digitata pulp

         

Tete_2008

90.1

326

2308

2.0

162

5.0

40

51

nd

-

Tete_2009

86.4

308

2392

2.0

129

2.0

40

41

-

0.5

Vilankulos_2009

86.5

366

2360

1.0

102

5.0

30

43

-

0.6

Adansonia digitata kernels

        

Tete_2009

92.2

293

1416

6.0

626

1.0

1229

263

-

5.7

Vilankulos_2009

90.6

347

1451

4.0

706

2.0

1518

269

-

5.2

Adansonia digitata whole seed

        

Tete_2008

93.6

220

1238

29

360

2.0

523

131

nd

-

Landolphia kirkii pulp

          

Manhiça 2009

20.4

28

1840

4.0

51

21

55

20

-

1.4

Salacia kraussii pulp

          

Manhiça 2009

8.9

127

2056

9.0

207

35

153

191

-

0.6

Sclerocarya birrea pulp

        

Manhiça 2009

15.9

201

2753

3.0

138

30

178

90

-

.0.7

Sclerocarya birrea kernels

         

Manhiça 2008

92.7

60

622

4.0

436

7.0

871

284

nd

-

Manhiça 2009

95.0

81

531

4.0

396

6.0

719

269

-

4.5

Vangueria infausta pulp

         

Manhiça 2009

34.4

90

1249

3.0

65

18

92

45

2.0

-

  1. The relative standard deviation was in general < 5%, nd = Not detectable; - = not analyzed.