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

Table 4

Trace elements extractabilities (%) 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	62.60 ± 3.75^a	73.10 ± 17.80^a	67.00 ± 23.00^a	73.70 ± 2.91^a	72.60 ± 1.37^a	67.00 ± 3.99^a
Seeds	70.80 ± 8.71^a	72.80 ± 7.27^a	56.80 ± 14.60^a	38.30 ± 1.39^b	79.50 ± 20.90^a	58.00 ± 2.41^a
W. fruit	62.90 ± 10.00^a	78.90 ± 17.17^a	71.10 ± 14.30^a	68.70 ± 3.72^c	80.70 ± 16.30^a	63.70 ± 8.54^a
Mean	65.43	74.93	64.97	60.23	77.60	62.90
value	0.4102	0.8559	0.6206	<0.0001	0.7910	0.2170

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 ().