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Table 3 Mineral profile (mg/100 g) of Moringa oleifera leaf samples collected from Gaborone city (n = 6)

From: Nutritional composition and mineral profile of leaves of Moringa oleifera provenances grown in Gaborone, Botswana

Mineral

Minimum

Maximum

Mean ± SD

Ca

281

808

520.0 ± 96.0

Fe

5.18

14.10

7.7 ± 1.3

Na

4.29

103

30.1 ± 15.5

Zn

0.45

1.22

0.8 ± 0.1

Mg

63.08

97.28

82.6 ± 6.4

Al

0.87

2.20

1.7 ± 0.2

Mn

1.21

2.14

1.6 ± 0.2

Cr

0.01

0.02

0.02 ± 0.00

  1. Ca Calcium, Fe Iron, Na Sodium, Zn Zinc, M  Magnesium, Al Aluminum, Mn Manganese and Cr Chromium, SD Standard deviation, n number of samples
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