Botanical Origin and Nutritional Values of Bee Bread of Stingless Bee (Heterotrigona itama) from Malaysia

Table 5

Mineral content (mg/kg) of H. itama bee bread samples.

Mineral (mg/kg)	Geographical locations
	Ladang 10 UPM	Batang Benar	Rinching Hilir	MAEPS	Average
Calcium	1508.30 ± 142.90^a	1646.45 ± 8.97^a	1455.20 ± 35.10^a	1579.28 ± 7.32^a	1547.31 ± 72.21
Iron	127.72 ± 5.54^ab	120.31 ± 6.37^b	119.52 ± 7.63^b	138.17 ± 6.63^a	126.43 ± 7.49
Potassium	6394.0 ± 158.5^b	6171.8 ± 127.4^bc	5981.9 ± 50.2^c	7551.9 ± 50.2^a	6524.9 ± 610.6
Magnesium	1561.9 ± 140.6^b	1441.8 ± 27.3^b	1537.7 ± 23.6^b	2000.2 ± 21.6^a	1635.4 ± 215.4
Manganese	71.665 ± 0.986^ab	57.490 ± 12.250^b	37.277 ± 0.699^c	80.195 ± 0.657^a	61.66 ± 16.24
Sodium	155.51 ± 8.15^a	115.70 ± 14.23^b	142.64 ± 1.29^a	144.93 ± 1.35^a	139.70 ± 14.68
Zinc	60.3000 ± 0.6870^ab	59.0700 ± 4.0700^b	44.9100 ± 12.1900^b	78.1900 ± 5.8200^a	60.6175 ± 11.8112
Phosphorus	6392.02 ± 10.37^b	6143.3 ± 102.6^c	6496.7 ± 60.5^ab	6577.1 ± 42.6^a	6402.28 ± 163.29
Selenium	0.1890 ± 0.0662^b	0.1860 ± 0.0484^b	0.4447 ± 0.0234^a	0.2333 ± 0.0362^b	0.2633 ± 0.1064

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation of triplicate independent experiments. Mean values with different letters in the same row are statistically different ().