Macro- and Microelemental Composition and Toxicity of Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Table 1

Mean and standard deviation (SD) of measured elements (mg/4000 mg).

	Element	Mean/SD; mg/4000 mg
Macroelements	Na	2.4666 ± 0.00
	Mg	33.0133 ± 0.02
	Al	14.0093 ± 0.01
	Si	15.3880 ± 0.02
	P	64.3866 ± 0.00
	S	30.9120 ± 0.00
	Cl	2.3616 ± 0.00
	K	149.0667 ± 0.03
	Ca	11.0146 ± 0.00
	Ti	0.0232 ± 0.00
	Mn	0.4093 ± 0.00
	Fe	1.0309 ± 0.00
Microelements	V	0.2320 ± 1.73
	Cr	0.4200 ± 17.44
	Co	0.0108 ± 0.10
	Ni	0.0638 ± 1.16
	Cu	0.2984 ± 1.71
	Zn	0.4086 ± 0.74
	Ga	0.0024 ± 0.00
	As	0.0020 ± 0.00
	Rb	0.1698 ± 0.49
	Sr	0.1064 ± 0.20
	Y	0.0016 ± 0.00
	Zr	0.0125 ± 0.42
	Nb	0.0070 ± 0.29
	Mo	0.0044 ± 0.00
	Sb	0.0043 ± 0.06
	I	0.0133 ± 0.15
	Cs	0.0232 ± 0.10
	Ba	0.0620 ± 5.81
	La	0.0480 ± 0.00
	Ce	0.0849 ± 4.97
	Hf	0.0148 ± 0.17
	Ta	0.0213 ± 0.06
	Pb	0.0036 ± 0.00
	Bi	0.0024 ± 0.00
	Th	0.0020 ± 0.00
	U	0.0112 ± 0.10