Research Article

Nutrient and Antinutrient Compositions and Heavy Metal Uptake and Accumulation in S. nigrum Cultivated on Different Soil Types

Table 3

(a) Effect of soil types on S. nigrum proximate composition at 4 weeks in the first and second trials.

Soil types Crude fibre% Ash content% Moisture content% Protein%
1st trial2nd trial1st trial2nd trial1st trial2nd trial1st trial2nd trial

ST0
ST1
ST2
ST3
ST4

(b) Effect of soil types on S. nigrum proximate composition at 4 weeks in the first and second trials

Soil types Lipid% Carbohydrate% Energy value (kcal/100 g)
1st trial2nd trial1st trial2nd trial1st trial2nd trial

ST0
ST1
ST2
ST3
ST4

(c) Effect of soil types on in S. nigrum vitamins at 4 weeks in the first and second trials

Soil types Vitamin A (mg/kg) Vitamin C (mg/kg) Vitamin E (mg/kg)
1st trial2nd trial1st trial2nd trial1st trial2nd trial

ST0
ST1
ST2
ST3
ST4

Different letters down the same column represent significant difference at .