Research Article
Micro and Macro Element Composition of Kalanchoe integra Leaves: An Adjuvant Treatment for Hypertension in Ghana
Table 1
Mean (mg/4 g sample), standard deviation, coefficient of variance (CV%), and
values for 14 selected elements.
| No. | Element | Mean and standard deviation | CV% | value | Sample A | Sample B | Sample A | Sample B |
| 1 | Na | 6.35 ± 0.61 | 1.91 ± 0.08 | 9.61 | 4.19 | >0.001 | 2 | Mg | 13.23 ± 0.82 | 4.39 ± 0.83 | 6.20 | 18.92 | >0.001 | 3 | P | 7.17 ± 0.48 | 6.97 ± 0.75 | 6.70 | 10.76 | <0.089 | 4 | K | 190.09 ± 9.59 | 34.98 ± 4.77 | 5.05 | 13.64 | >0.001 | 5 | Ca | 107.52 ± 8.34 | 35.60 ± 2.09 | 7.76 | 5.87 | >0.001 | 6 | Mn | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 9.09 | 20.00 | >0.001 | 7 | Fe | 0.46 ± 0.04 | 1.31 ± 0.02 | 8.70 | 1.53 | >0.001 | 8 | Pb | <3.33 ± 0.02 | <3.20 ± 0.00 | <0.60 | <0.00 | <0.374 | 9 | Ni | 12.00 ± 0.69 | 6.93 ± 2.66 | 5.75 | 38.38 | >0.033 | 10 | Mo | <5.20 ± 0.69 | <4.67 ± 1.77 | <13.27 | <37.90 | <0.547 | 11 | V | <15.20 ± 0.69 | <10.93 ± 0.61 | <4.54 | <5.58 | >0.004 | 12 | Cu | 30.27 ± 6.50 | 53.87 ± 4.64 | 21.47 | 8.61 | >0.007 | 13 | Cr | <29.60 ± 2.12 | 36.13 ± 12.25 | <7.16 | 33.91 | <0.414 | 14 | Zn | 461.07 ± 28.46 | 40.40 ± 3.56 | 6.17 | 8.81 | >0.001 |
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