The Content and Bioavailability of Mineral Nutrients of Selected Wild and Traditional Edible Plants as Affected by Household Preparation Methods Practiced by Local Community in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia
Table 1
Mineral content (mg/100 g, fresh basis) of raw and processed vegetables.
Species
Fe
Zn
Ca
Cu
P
Na
K
A. esculentus
RAS
2.33 ± 0.37
0.68 ± .04
131.7 ± 8.3
0.11 ± 0.01
39.14 ± 0.95
7.82 ± 0.28
184.4 ± 1.3
CAS
0.68 ± 0.08
0.55 ± 0.03
104.23 ± 4.9
0.08 ± 0.01
36.28 ± .067
4.4 ± 0.29
155.4 ± 1.7
SAS
2.58 ± 0.16
0.54 ± 0.02
140.4 ± 8.13
0.08 ± 0.01
51.85 ± 0.34
7.51 ± 0.92
183.3 ± 53.4
D. abyssinica
RDP
27.0 ± 6.24
0.46 ± 0.02
43.19 ± 2.0
0.46 ± 0.04
40.68 ± 2.7
8.94 ± 0.54
341.16 ± 3.6
CDP
1.79 ± 0.06
0.29 ± 0.06
40.74 ± 6.8
0.19 ± 0.02
23.69 ± 2.4
5.88 ± 0.75
128.49 ± 3.9
P. quadrifida
RPO
8.06 ± 0.11
0.84 ± 0.06
117.99 ± 10.8
0.14 ± 0.01
39.13 ± 0.34
20.42 ± 1.31
816.3 ± 11.7
O. abyssinica
ROA
0.64 ± 0.02
0.85 ± 0.02
24.49 ± 1.2
0.11 ± 0.01
57.27 ± 0.94
7.34 ± 0.42
456.2 ± 12.3
COA
0.6 ± 0.06
0.54 ± 0.02
22.94 ± 4.21
0.07 ± 0.01
39.7 ± 1.89
4.20 ± 0.55
273.2 ± 1.6
RAS = raw, CAS = cooked, and SAS = sun dried; RDP = raw, CDP = cooked, RPO = raw, ROA = raw, and COA = cooked; values are expressed as mean ± SD of three determinations; mean values in the same column corresponding to each species followed by different superscript letters were considered significant at .
