Vitamin Analysis, Trace Elements Content, and Their Extractabilities in Tetrapleura tetraptera

Table 2

Trace element composition in the fruit of Tetrapleura tetraptera.

Sample	Fe (mg/kg)	Zn (mg/kg)	Cu (mg/kg)	Mn (mg/kg)	Co (mg/kg)	Se (μg/g)
Pulp	162.00 ± 7.14^a	31.60 ± 4.77^a	16.10 ± 4.98^a	55.30 ± 2.41^a	38.10 ± 6.40^a	1.49 ± 0.17^a
Seeds	115.00 ± 12.00^b	43.40 ± 5.29^a	11.90 ± 8.40^a	156.00 ± 10.20^b	21.10 ± 7.15^a	2.43 ± 0.28^bc
W. fruit	154.00 ± 25.20^ab	41.50 ± 8.97^a	17.20 ± 14.50^a	122.00 ± 5.29^c	44.00 ± 14.90^a	2.97 ± 0.27^c
Mean	143.67	38.83	11.73	111.10	34.40	2.30
value	0.0293	0.1396	0.7964	<0.0001	0.0766	0.0009

Note: W. fruit = whole fruit; values are means of triplicates ± standard deviation. Means in a column with the same letter superscripts are not significantly different (); means in a column with different letter superscripts are significantly different ().