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

Table 3

HCl-extractable trace elements 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	101.00 ± 1.39^a	22.60 ± 3.06^a	10.30 ± 2.03^a	40.80 ± 1.57^a	27.70 ± 5.12^a	1.00 ± 0.15^a
Seeds	80.90 ± 2.45^b	31.40 ± 1.52^b	5.94 ± 3.05^a	59.90 ± 4.97^b	15.80 ± 2.45^b	1.40 ± 0.12^ab
W. fruit	95.30 ± 2.64^c	31.70 ± 1.42^bc	10.90 ± 7.02^a	83.50 ± 3.10^c	33.90 ± 3.57^a	1.91 ± 0.42^b
Mean	92.40	28.57	9.05	61.40	25.80	1.44
value	<0.0001	0.0031	0.4060	<0.0001	0.0034	0.0163

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 ().