From: Levels of essential and non-essential metals in ginger (Zingiber officinale) cultivated in Ethiopia
Metal | Average concentration (mean ± SD, n = 3, μg/g dry weight basis) | |||
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Tepi ginger | Bombae ginger | Hadaro ginger | Illubabur ginger | |
Ca | 2000 ± 47 | 2540 ± 93 | 2190 ± 24 | 2490 ± 41 |
Mg | 2990 ± 9 | 2700 ± 57 | 2760 ± 11 | 4090 ± 105 |
Cu | 4.78 ± 0.34 | 1.86 ± 0.18 | 2.53 ± 0.19 | 1.10 ± 0.05 |
Zn | 55.2 ± 3.9 | 39.6 ± 0.5 | 38.5 ± 0.5 | 54.0 ± 2.7 |
Mn | 385 ± 9 | 285 ± 4.3 | 184 ± 3.6 | 401 ± 12 |
Ni | 5.61 ± 0.44 | 5.46 ± 0.48 | 6.78 ± 0.53 | 8.40 ± 0.32 |
Fe | 44.2 ± 3.3 | 55.4 ± 5.0 | 41.8 ± 2.8 | 89.0 ± 6.1 |
Co | 7.58 ± 0.46 | 5.68 ± 0.40 | 2.04 ± 0.14 | 2.18 ± 0.18 |
Cr | 9.28 ± 0.61 | 6.02 ± 0.14 | 9.17 ± 0.62 | 10.8 ± 0.2 |
Cd | 0.97 ± 0.08 | 0.38 ± 0.02 | 0.38 ± 0.02 | 0.70 ± 0.07 |
Pb | ND | ND | ND | ND |