Proximate composition, amino acid profile, carbohydrate and mineral content of seed meals from four safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) varieties grown in north-eastern Morocco | OCL

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Table 6

Content of micro and macroelements in Rancho, Cartamar, Cartafri and Sharda safflower meals.

	Varieties

Minerals	Rancho	Cartamar	Cartafri	Sharda
Macroelements (g kg⁻¹)
Potassium	6.62 ± 0.02^b	6.32 ± 0.07^a	9.51 ± 0.02^d	6.79 ± 0.01^c
Magnesium	2.97 ± 0.01^b	2.25 ± 0.01^a	4.25 ± 0.04^d	3.37 ± 0.02^c
Calcium	1.69 ± 0.02^c	1.72 ± 0.01^d	1.53 ± 0.00^a	1.56 ± 0.01^b
Phosphor	2.92 ± 0.00^b	2.35 ± 0.00^a	4.60 ± 0.00^d	3.24 ± 0.00^c
Microelements (mg kg⁻¹)
Zinc	40.48 ± 0.12^b	37.62 ± 0.09^a	85.37 ± 2.65^d	56.95 ± 0.35^c
Copper	11.86 ± 0.27^a	15.85 ± 0.36^b	21.62 ± 0.24^c	15.70 ± 0.37^b
Manganese	19.23 ± 0.10^c	16.57 ± 0.16^a	25.99 ± 0.44^d	18.28 ± 0.30^b
Iron	124.03 ± 0.28^d	53.51 ± 1.10^a	103.07 ± 0.65^c	78.14 ± 0.34^b

Values are the means of the four different safflower meal samples (n = 9) ± standard deviations. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in the same line are indicated by different letters (a–d).

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