Determination of Macro- and Microelements in the Inflorescences of Banana Tree Using ICP OES: Evaluation of the Daily Recommendations of Intake for Humans

Table 5

Mineral composition of the flowers and bracts in the banana inflorescence by ICP OES (mg/100 g).

Available elements	Flowers (mg/100 g)	Bracts (mg/100 g)	value
S	90.100 ± 0.859	75.597 ± 0.290	0.0001
P	307.389 ± 3.601	282.398 ± 0.551	0.001
Mg	171.602 ± 2.261	172.686 ± 2.028	0.570
Ca	285.444 ± 5.412	380.632 ± 4.066	0.0001
Cr	0.027 ± 0.016	0.047 ± 0.009	0.140
Ni	0.072 ± 0.003	0.070 ± 0.004	0.998
Cu	0.385 ± 0.007	0.318 ± 0.008	0.0001
Zn	2.565 ± 0.037	1.807 ± 0.014	0.0001
Fe	1.844 ± 0.052	1.655 ± 0.044	0.008

Values are mean ± SD. Values along column are significantly different ().