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Table 3 Mineral composition of different date varieties (mg/100 g)

From: Bio-evaluation of functional date bars using rats as model organism against hypercholesterolemia

Varieties

Sodium

Calcium

Iron

Magnesium

Potassium

Zinc

Ajwa

9.50 ± 0.1d

191.00 ± 1.07a

3.13 ± 0.01d

146.93 ± 0.01c

482.00 ± 2.98c

1.30 ± 0.01b

Aseel

18.00 ± 1.06a

160.03 ± 1.02b

3.30 ± 0.01c

56.00 ± 0.02ab

465.00 ± 2.95d

1.80 ± 2.01a

Hallawi

12.00 ± 1.04b

165.66 ± 0.99b

5.40 ± 0.01a

50.32 ± 0.02b

849.33 ± 0.98b

1.40 ± 0.01b

Khudravi

11.00 ± 1.02c

135.03 ± 0.95c

4.40 ± 0.01a

52.35 ± 0.01a

887.20 ± 1.02a

1.27 ± 0.01b

  1. Different letters showed significant variations (p ≤ 0.05) in columns; values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of three independent determinations