Research Article

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 3

Mean values ± standard deviation of mineral contents in Z. lotus fruits sampled from eleven Moroccan sites.

Element (mg/100 g)RhamnaTaroudantTafraoutTaounatZagoraSidi HrazmLkhmissatB-JaadKhnifraBeni MellalZaouit CheikhAverage

K727.30 ± 3.85d812.78 ± 10.84f784.72 ± 7.63ef721.91 ± 2.26cd743.53 ± 0.60de805.00 ± 9.74f832.27 ± 17.80f548.93 ± 7.26a675.22 ± 0.97bc828.44 ± 5.60f628.33 ± 14.63b737.13 ± 8.85
Ca138.19 ± 0.45a186.13 ± 1.95d137.50 ± 0.18a150.66 ± 1.45b201.36 ± 1.28f177.38 ± 0.46c176.10 ± 1.01c192.34 ± 0.01e137.66 ± 0.82a211.78 ± 0.74g154.42 ± 1.46b192.41 ± 2.64
P90.62 ± 0.15e87.51 ± 0.63d72.46 ± 0.09c73.96 ± 0.07c100.74 ± 0.64f103.45 ± 0.52g100.30 ± 0.19f88.73 ± 0.33de57.14 ± 0.08a87.33 ± 0.08d62.63 ± 0.75b84.08 ± 1.52
Mg68.43 ± 0.92c63.92 ± 0.22bc54.40 ± 0.04a57.00 ± 0.09ab54.30 ± 5.45a72.65 ± 0.01c66.11 ± 0.37bc71.26 ± 0.62c52.66 ± 0.35a72.34 ± 0.06c58.02 ± 0.02ab62.82 ± 0.78
Na5.97 ± 0.08ab7.40 ± 0.03ab2.95 ± 0.02a5.71 ± 0.03ab3.66 ± 3.09ab8.42 ± 0.00b6.95 ± 0.08ab4.50 ± 0.11ab4.89 ± 0.11ab3.78 ± 0.01ab3.76 ± 0.05ab5.27 ± 0.19
Fe1.37 ± 0.02ab2.17 ± 0.00ab1.08 ± 0.00a1.57 ± 0.01ab1.14 ± 1.01ab1.26 ± 0.04ab2.35 ± 0.03ab0.99 ± 0.02a1.41 ± 0.05ab2.84 ± 0.02b0.84 ± 0.03a1.54 ± 0.07
Mn3.32 ± 0.02i3.57 ± 0.01j1.00 ± 0.00b1.75 ± 0.01e0.90 ± 0.00a2.59 ± 0.02g3.81 ± 0.02k1.25 ± 0.00c1.52 ± 0.02d2.73 ± 0.02h2.31 ± 0.02f2.25 ± 0.10
Cu0.69 ± 0.00a0.59 ± 0.01a1.18 ± 0.00a1.86 ± 0.12a1.24 ± 1.00a1.42 ± 0.00a0.58 ± 0.00a3.35 ± 0.02b0.35 ± 0.00a0.51 ± 0.00a0.35 ± 0.00a2.63 ± 0.52
Zn0.79 ± 0.00a1.84 ± 0.01a1.20 ± 0.00a4.32 ± 0.01a1.15 ± 1.00a0.96 ± 0.00a1.01 ± 0.00a1.45 ± 0.02a0.51 ± 0.01a1.07 ± 0.00a0.69 ± 0.00a1.36 ± 0.10
B1.11 ± 1.00a1.49 ± 0.01a1.06 ± 0.00a1.22 ± 0.01a0.77 ± 0.00a1.16 ± 0.01a1.41 ± 0.01a0.76 ± 0.00a0.92 ± 0.00a1.02 ± 0.00a0.70 ± 0.00a1.05 ± 0.04

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