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