Physical Fruit Traits, Proximate Composition, Antioxidant Activity, and Profiling of Fatty Acids and Minerals of Wild Jujube (Ziziphus lotus L. (Desf.)) Fruits from Eleven Moroccan Origins

Table 2

Proximate composition of the studied Z. lotus fruits across 11 Moroccan origins (results are expressed as mean values ± standard deviation of percentage of moisture content (MC), ash content (AC), protein content (PC), oil content (OC), and carbohydrate content (CC)).

Origin/parameter	MC (%)	Ash (%)	PC (%)	OC (%)	CC (%)
Rhamna	2.70 ± 0.19^a	2.01 ± 0.10^a	3.64 ± 0.01^f	2.90 ± 0.24^a	88.86 ± 0.54^a
Taroudant	3.20 ± 0.28^ab	1.95 ± 0.09^a	4.64 ± 0.01^j	2.51 ± 0.43^a	87.90 ± 0.34^a
Tafraout	3.24 ± 0.50^ab	1.83 ± 0.09^a	4.03 ± 0.01^g	2.38 ± 0.55^a	88.51 ± 0.52^a
Taounat	3.26 ± 0.69^ab	1.95 ± 0.09^a	2.76 ± 0.01^b	2.82 ± 0.14^a	89.20 ± 0.65^a
Zagora	2.65 ± 0.30^a	2.25 ± 0.05^a	3.14 ± 0.02^c	2.91 ± 0.91^a	89.05 ± 0.76^a
Sidi Hrazm	5.69 ± 0.96^b	2.31 ± 0.11^a	4.33 ± 0.01^h	1.59 ± 0.34^a	86.06 ± 0.32^a
Lkhmissat	3.17 ± 0.21^ab	2.02 ± 0.10^a	4.50 ± 0.01^i	2.69 ± 0.38^a	87.43 ± 0.54^a
B-Jaad	4.78 ± 0.76^ab	1.69 ± 0.04^a	3.43 ± 0.01^e	2.04 ± 0.56^a	88.04 ± 0.64^a
Khnifra	2.63 ± 0.43^a	1.79 ± 0.08^a	2.76 ± 0.01^b	2.19 ± 0.23^a	88.56 ± 0.66^a
Beni Mellal	2.56 ± 0.10^a	2.31 ± 0.11^a	3.37 ± 0.01^d	2.75 ± 0.33^a	86.82 ± 0.54^a
Zaouit Cheikh	3.05 ± 0.54^ab	1.78 ± 0.08^a	2.63 ± 0.01^a	2.25 ± 0.57^a	88.46 ± 0.65^a
Average	3.35 ± 1.09	2.06 ± 0.74	3.56 ± 0.70	2.45 ± 0.62	88.08 ± 1.10

Different letters within the same row indicate significant differences ().