Physicochemical Characteristics and Composition of Three Morphotypes of Cyperus esculentus Tubers and Tuber Oils

Table 5

Mineral composition (mg 100 g⁻¹) of Cyperus esculentus morphotypes tubers.

Parameters	Morph. 1	Morph. 2	Morph. 3
Al	34.35 ± 2.55^b	43.37 ± 6.13^a	39.86 ± 0.74^a
Ca	32.27 ± 5.66^a	19.09 ± 3.22^b	22.13 ± 1.64^b
Cd	0.01 ± 0.01^a,b	0.02 ± 0.01^a	0.01 ± 0^b
Cl	167 ± 0.53^a	155.4 ± 2.83^b	167.2 ± 5.51^a
Cr	1.65 ± 0.05^a	1.12 ± 0.31^b	0.18 ± 0.01^c
Cu	0.71 ± 0.03^a	0.48 ± 0.05^b	0.43 ± 0.01^c
Fe	11.44 ± 0.48^a	8.25 ± 1^b	3.57 ± 0.17^c
K	608.3 ± 97.84^b	556.9 ± 80.4^b	845.8 ± 7.94^a
Mg	100.5 ± 1.79^a	107.3 ± 8.2^a	102.2 ± 2.86^a
Mn	1.55 ± 0.44^a	1.44 ± 0.15^a	0.38 ± 0.02^b
P	229.6 ± 51.54^a,b	283.7 ± 14.96^a	236.4 ± 16.53^b
S	164.3 ± 18.23^a	194.1 ± 61.62^a	148.8 ± 8.39^a
Si	181.6 ± 50.35^b	242.5 ± 35.89^a	220.3 ± 47.32^a,b
Sr	0.36 ± 0.09^a	0.17 ± 0.02^b	0.19 ± 0.02^b
Zn	2.34 ± 0.31^b	1.88 ± 0.22^b	2.7 ± 0.03^a

Values are means ± standard deviation for . Data in the same row followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).