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Table 1 Selected mineral level of whole garden cress seed compared to commonly consumed cereals in Ethiopia

From: Nutritional, health benefits and toxicity of underutilized garden cress seeds and its functional food products: a review

Mineral (mg/100 g)

Garden cress (Singh & Paswan 2017)

White teff (Baye 2014); (Dame 2020)

Red teff (Baye 2014); (Dame 2020)

Maize (Baye 2014); (Dame 2020)

Sorghum (Baye 2014); (Dame 2020)

Wheat (Baye 2014); (Dame 2020)

Iron

8.3

9.5–37.7

11.6–150.0

3.6–4.8

3.5–4.1

3.7

Calcium

266.4

17.0–124.0

18.0–178.0

16.0

5.0–5.8

15.2–39.5

Potassium

1236.5

128.9

114.7

54.8

–

117.3

Phosphorus

608.6

99.2

70.3

15.8

–

233.0

Magnesium

339.2

54.3

43.7

36.07

–

78.7

Zinc

7.0

2.4–6.8

2.3–6.7

2.6–4.6

1.4–1.7

1.7

Sodium

19.7

12.80

11.5

39.9

–

1.70