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 2

Antinutrient/mineral molar ratios of raw and processed vegetables.

Species		[Phy]/[Zn]^1	[Ca]/[Phy]^2	[Phy]/[Fe]^3	[Phy × Ca]/[Zn]^4	[Ox]/[Ca]^5
A. esculentus	RAS	6.077 ± 0.45	51.11 ± 0.77	1.50 ± 0.001	1.73 ± 0.12	0.17 ± 0.001
	CAS	5.50 ± 0.23	57.20 ± 0.35	4.07 ± 0.35	1.57 ± 0.06	0.15 ± 0.001
	SAS	7.48 ± 0.03	53.04 ± 0.77	1.68 ± 0.06	2.11 ± 0.1	0.15 ± 0.001
D. abyssinica	RDP	3.79 ± 0.19	35.0 ± 0.50	0.06 ± 0.001	0.10 ± 0.01	1.04 ± 0.001
	CDP	3.66 ± 0.60	45.63 ± 0.84	0.51 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.001
P. quadrifida	RPO	14.22 ± 0.39	15.06 ± 0.12	1.28 ± 0.02	3.21 ± 0.07	0.72 ± 0.002
O. abyssinica	ROA	2.03 ± 0.10	22.64 ± 0.51	2.22 ± 0.11	0.12 ± 0.01	0.75 ± 0.002
	COA	3.74 ± 0.10	24.55 ± 0.09	1.81 ± 0.13	0.22 ± 0.0	0.50 ± 0.01
Critical values		15.0	6.0	1.0	0.5	2.5

RAS = raw, CAS = cooked, and SAS = sun dried; RDP = raw, CDP = cooked, RPO = raw, ROA = raw, and COA = cooked. Values in the same column followed by the same superscript corresponding to the same species are not significantly different ().
¹(mg phytate/MW of phytate : mg Zn/MW of Zn), ²(mg Ca/MW of Ca : mg phytate/ MW of phytate), ³(mg phytate/MW of phytate : mg Fe/MW of Fe), ⁴(mol/Kg of phytate × mol/Kg of Ca : mol/Kg of Zn), and ⁵(mg oxalate/MW of oxalate : mg Ca/MW of Ca).