Food Value of Two Varieties of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Commonly Consumed in Nigeria

Table 2

Mineral composition of two varieties of ginger (Zingiber Officinale).

Parameters	Composition (ppm)
	White type	Yellow type
Ca	0.68±0.01	0.41±0.01
Mg	0.04±0.01	0.11±0.01
Na	0.26±0.01	0.39±0.01
K	0.98±0.01	1.38±0.01
P	0.42±0.20	0.47±0.01
Mn	0.03±0.01	0.07±0.04
Fe	0.29±0.15	0.14±0.01
Zn	0.04±0.01	0.03±0.01
Cu	0.01±0.02	0.01±0.06

Values are mean ± SD of 3 replicates.