Influence of Processing Methods on Proximate Composition and Dieting of Two Amaranthus Species from West Cameroon

Table 2

Minerals and heavy metals composition (mg/Kg) of two differently processed amaranths species.

Processing	Na	K	Ca	P	Mg	Mn	Fe	Zn	As	Hg	Pb	Cd
A. hybridus
SDU	6.185	697.3	307.7	111.5	111.8	0.117	0.624	3.027	0.024	0.109	0.007	0.002
CS	3.549	298.7	535.5	110.4	102.9	0.914	2.912	10.04	0.026	0.137	0.018	0.001
A. cruentus
SDU	3.368	796	422.5	173.6	106.5	0.462	3.402	48	0.025	ND	0.024	ND
CS	3.913	323.2	576.8	79.56	88.47	0.597	5.685	38.22	0.037	ND	0.022	ND

SDU: sun-dried and unsliced, CS: cooked and sliced, and ND: not detected.