Assessment of Minerals, Bioactive Compounds, and Antioxidant Activity of Ten Moroccan Pomegranate Cultivars

Table 2

Ash content (g/100 g FW) and mineral composition (mg/100 g FW) of pomegranate juice of ten Moroccan cultivars.

	Sefri 1	Sefri 2	Sefri 3	Sefri 4	Sefri 5	Sefri 6	Lahmer	Marrakchia	Lhamdha	Bzeq Tir
Ash	0.22 ± 0.01^ab	0.24 ± 0.02^ab	0.27 ± 0.01^b	0.21 ± 0.01^ab	0.25 ± 0.03^ab	0.19 ± 0.02^a	0.21 ± 0.01^ab	0.25 ± 0.01^ab	0.36 ± 0.04^c	0.22 ± 0.02^ab
Macroelements
Iodine (I)	846.32 ± 26.27^j	776.00 ± 4.25^i	708.18 ± 38.80^g	673.02 ± 23.28^e	562.51 ± 12.62^a	582.61 ± 19.07^b	713.20 ± 11.31^h	679.30 ± 20.85^f	644.14 ± 39.92^c	668.00 ± 14.86^d
Phosphorus (P)	211.80 ± 12.04^d	211.80 ± 15.82^d	254.16 ± 0.90^h	194.86 ± 5.99^c	237.22 ± 2.30^g	160.97 ± 3.94^b	144.02 ± 15.94^a	228.75 ± 11.98^f	228.75 ± 19.78^f	220.27 ± 9.58^e
Sulphur (S)	208.22 ± 3.20^a	218.97 ± 0.10^d	220.24 ± 6.16^d	213.80 ± 2.46^c	215.02 ± 1.27^c	214.88 ± 6.55^c	213.88 ± 6.88^c	220.71 ± 0.43^d	220.56 ± 5.87^d	211.48 ± 6.50^b
Calcium (Ca)	160.13 ± 4.02^f	134.51 ± 6.32^b	138.77 ± 2.67^c	141.99 ± 5.55^d	146.31 ± 9.90^e	135.84 ± 6.21^b	148.08 ± 9.00^e	143.04 ± 5.84^d	126.18 ± 9.31^a	166.20 ± 9.47^g
Potassium (K)	92.24 ± 0.62^bc	93.37 ± 1.32^bc	90.00 ± 4.45^ab	92.19 ± 0.85^bc	91.92 ± 0.11^bc	94.26 ± 3.63^c	92.47 ± 1.31^bc	92.47 ± 0.18^bc	88.20 ± 3.25^a	90.77 ± 1.52^abc
Sodium (Na)	65.63 ± 0.71^d	64.33 ± 0.28^bcd	64.62 ± 0.82^bcd	63.87 ± 0.46^abcd	62.86 ± 0.27^ab	65.45 ± 0.42^d	63.35 ± 0.29^abc	61.96 ± 0.32^a	63.16 ± 2.10^abc	65.20 ± 1.32^cd
Magnesium (Mg)	43.42 ± 1.52^de	40.4 ± 0.43^bc	38.66 ± 2.68^ab	38.08 ± 3.21^a	39.12 ± 1.01^ab	38.89 ± 3.12^ab	42.39 ± 3.23^cd	39.91 ± 2.19^ab	40.56 ± 3.08^bc	44.76 ± 0.54^e
Microelements
Iron (Fe)	164.92 ± 9.60^f	145.34 ± 1.62^c	144.89 ± 3.09^c	152.65 ± 1.02^e	143.75 ± 1.91^bc	149.92 ± 1.72^d	142.71 ± 2.01^b	145.70 ± 0.87^c	154.26 ± 3.35^e	137.11 ± 5.96^a
Aluminium (Al)	154.63 ± 10.22^g	141.21 ± 5.20^d	154.30 ± 6.64^g	143.56 ± 3.80^e	138.53 ± 1.42^c	136.52 ± 9.01^bc	151.28 ± 2.37^f	164.36 ± 0.00^h	135.51 ± 3.79^b	130.81 ± 8.54^a
Zinc (Zn)	9.75 ± 0.33^bcd	7.83 ± 0.72^ab	8.07 ± 0.30^ab	9.36 ± 0.57^bcd	10.82 ± 0.94^d	10.25 ± 0.51^cd	8.68 ± 0.77^abc	8.21 ± 0.73^abc	8.86 ± 0.74^abcd	6.96 ± 0.26^a
Copper (Cu)	3.34 ± 0.12^a	3.54 ± 0.23^a	3.46 ± 0.10^a	3.91 ± 0.07^a	4.25 ± 0.17^a	3.64 ± 0.13^a	3.37 ± 0.10^a	4.44 ± 0.17^a	3.56 ± 0.17^a	3.54 ± 0.11^a
Manganese (Mn)	1.24 ± 0.11^a	1.24 ± 0.04^a	1.06 ± 0.06^a	1.12 ± 0.03^a	1.06 ± 0.06^a	1.16 ± 0.07^a	1.14 ± 0.04^a	1.18 ± 0.04^a	1.20 ± 0.05^a	1.06 ± 0.03^a
Boron (B)	1.55 ± 0.10^a	1.72 ± 0.12^a	1.58 ± 0.06^a	1.53 ± 0.06^a	1.48 ± 0.11^a	1.75 ± 0.10^a	1.60 ± 0.11^a	1.38 ± 0.14^a	1.44 ± 0.01^a	1.70 ± 0.09^a
Chromium (Cr)	1.06 ± 0.02^a	0.92 ± 0.01^a	0.92 ± 0.07^a	1.10 ± 0.02^a	1.07 ± 0.02^a	0.99 ± 0.05^a	1.04 ± 0.05^a	1.10 ± 0.09^a	1.04 ± 0.04^a	1.04 ± 0.02^a
Silver (Ag)	44.94 ± 1.32^f	23.33 ± 0.82^a	23.84 ± 0.26^ab	23.92 ± 0.87^ab	23.75 ± 0.33^ab	25.80 ± 1.79^bc	32.54 ± 0.08^e	28.19 ± 0.77^d	26.87 ± 0.82^cd	23.48 ± 0.42^a
Nickel (Ni)	2.88 ± 0.03^a	2.29 ± 0.09^a	2.74 ± 0.13^a	2.58 ± 0.05^a	2.57 ± 0.04^a	2.61 ± 0.08^a	2.76 ± 0.09^a	2.74 ± 0.17^a	2.52 ± 0.11^a	2.52 ± 0.06^a
Vanadium (V)	0.32 ± 0.02^b	0.27 ± 0.01^a	0.32 ± 0.02^b	0.37 ± 0.04^c	0.27 ± 0.02^a	0.32 ± 0.00^b	0.43 ± 0.00^d	0.33 ± 0.02^b	0.28 ± 0.03^a	0.34 ± 0.03^b
Titanium (Ti)	0.89 ± 0.08^a	1.20 ± 0.09^h	1.09 ± 0.12^g	0.93 ± 0.07^b	1.01 ± 0.10^d	10.96 ± 0.10^c	1.05 ± 0.06^e	1.06 ± 0.12^ef	1.09 ± 0.07^g	1.07 ± 0.10^fg
Molybdenum (Mo)	0.66 ± 0.07^b	6.00 ± 0.44^h	1.52 ± 0.05^f	2.43 ± 0.19^g	1.02 ± 0.07^e	0.78 ± 0.01^c	0.55 ± 0.02^a	0.77 ± 0.05^c	0.55 ± 0.03^a	0.96 ± 0.04^d

Values followed by the same letter show no statistically significant differences (, n = 6). FW: fresh weight.