Research Article

Determination of Mineral Composition and Phenolic Content and Investigation of Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, and Antibacterial Activities of Crocus sativus L. Aqueous Stigmas Extracts

Table 2

Mineral contents in mg/Kg dw of C. sativus aqueous extracts.

Moroccan extractItalian extract

Macroelements
Ca589.12512.23
Mg2849.172540.87
P1030914.45
Na940841.23
K5532053021

Microelements
S5402.124801.27
B17.510.02
Cu9.118.17
Mn68.1557.15
Zn94.20581.21
V3.1242.85
Co0.4980.123
Cr2.311.24
Fe185.24178.14

Heavy metals
Cd0.0140.1
Pb0.7980.254
NiNDND
MoNDND
Cr2.311.11
As0.001ND

ND: not detected.