Research Article

The Influence of pH of Extracting Water on the Composition of Seaweed Extracts and Their Beneficial Properties on Lepidium sativum

Table 5

Multielemental composition of cultivated garden cress (mg/kg d.w.) treated with EpH3·H2O, EpH7·H2O, and EpH10·H2O.

ElementControl group EpH3·H2O EpH7·H2O EpH10·H2O
0.5%2.5%10%0.5%2.5%10%0.5%2.5%10%

Macroelements
 Ca11161 ± 398462 ± 16929381 ± 187610405 ± 2089289 ± 185810156 ± 203111640 ± 232810175 ± 20310576 ± 21112893 ± 257
 K58067 ± 380261096 ± 1221969817 ± 1396359688 ± 1193859637 ± 1192764736 ± 1294764666 ± 1293365172 ± 1303466197 ± 1323978177 ± 15635
 Mg6974 ± 687660 ± 15327491 ± 14987331 ± 14668054 ± 16117872 ± 15748008 ± 16028581 ± 17168683 ± 17379494 ± 1899
 Na1850 ± 81299 ± 2601631 ± 3262515 ± 5031314 ± 2631682 ± 3362701 ± 5401561 ± 3121729 ± 3463302 ± 660
 P16475 ± 9618449 ± 36918375 ± 36715947 ± 31818413 ± 368317941 ± 358816560 ± 331220254 ± 40519298 ± 38616608 ± 332
 S15508 ± 9318283 ± 36518686 ± 37313808 ± 27618142 ± 362817498 ± 350014471 ± 289421623 ± 43218200 ± 36416684 ± 333

Microelements
 B7.30 ± 0.8210.71 ± 1.6111.79 ± 1.7712.90 ± 1.948.88 ± 1.3310.12 ± 1.5211.24 ± 1.699.76 ± 1.4610.10 ± 1.5211.84 ± 1.78
 Cu4.24 ± 0.075.105 ± 0.764.119 ± 0.615.11 ± 0.774.49 ± 0.673.492 ± 0.5243.632 ± 0.5458.88 ± 1.336.49 ± 0.975.56 ± 0.83
 Fe278 ± 11146 ± 22163 ± 25141 ± 21164 ± 25139 ± 21134 ± 20172 ± 26179 ± 27139 ± 21
 Mn41.88 ± 1.875.31 ± 11.378.40 ± 11.768.50 ± 10.275.07 ± 11.2669.91 ± 10.4944.74 ± 6.7152.38 ± 7.8648.28 ± 7.2449.00 ± 7.35
 Mo1.20 ± 0.012.33 ± 0.352.33 ± 0.352.08 ± 0.312.07 ± 0.311.971 ± 0.2961.249 ± 0.1871.04 ± 0.161.31 ± 0.201.292 ± 0.19
 Si182 ± 22174 ± 26256 ± 38203 ± 31203 ± 31460 ± 69276 ± 41142 ± 21325 ± 49135 ± 20
 Zn58.22 ± 0.785.93 ± 12.889.07 ± 13.3104 ± 16104 ± 1695.96 ± 14.3969.53 ± 10.4394.24 ± 14.185.29 ± 12.769.89 ± 10.4

Toxic metals
 As0.35 ± 0.120.27 ± 0.040.500 ± 0.070.76 ± 0.110.51 ± 0.080.8361 ± 0.120.63 ± 0.100.53 ± 0.080.32 ± 0.050.64 ± 0.10
 Cd0.26 ± 0.040.30 ± 0.050.26 ± 0.040.31 ± 0.050.27 ± 0.040.2528 ± 0.030.15 ± 0.020.26 ± 0.040.23 ± 0.040.25 ± 0.04
 Pb1.19 ± 0.010.68 ± 0.100.61 ± 0.090.58 ± 0.090.6026 ± 0.090.77 ± 0.120.6593 ± 0.0980.5059 ± 0.00.52 ± 0.080.553 ± 0.08