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Table. 2 Mineral composition of Carbula marginella and Cirina butyrospermi expressed as mg/100 g dry matter

From: Chemical composition, energy and nutritional values, digestibility and functional properties of defatted flour, protein concentrates and isolates from Carbula marginella (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Cirina butyrospermi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Mineral

Carbula marginella

Cirina butyrospermi

Iron

10.10 ± 0.06b

31.27 ± 0.002a

Zinc

10.10 ± 0.07a

10.00 ± 0.01a

Calcium

33.92 ± 0.27a

32.01 ± 0.09b

Magnesium

74.55 ± 0.14b

150.09 ± 0.00a

Potassium

362.06 ± 0.25b

1277.75 ± 0.01a

Sodium

185.84 ± 0.55a

13.25 ± 0.01b

  1. The same superscript letters in each row indicate no significant difference (p-value < 0.05) between the mean values
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BMC Chemistry

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