Table 6: Mineral Composition of Porphyra in mg/100 g, (Concentrations are all converted to mg/100g for comparison purposes.

Na

K

Ca

Mg

P

Fe

Mn

Cu

Zn

Co

Se

I

Ni

Cr

Analysis

Species

Location

Source

330.31 

2242.34

169.07 

141.03 

450.99 

15.25 

1.88 

0.58 

2.89 

0.005 

   

0.029 

0.05

ICP-AES

Py. yezoensis

Jindo,

[151]

460.85

604.60 

226.39 

186.79 

596.65 

30.06 

2.63 

0.77 

4.06 

0.059 

   

0.089 

0.097  

   

S-Korea

 

414.22

1444.17

443.7

491.53

379.9

22

 

0.51

1.46

         

AAS

 

Argentina

[152]

348.75

1395

525

261.75

 

12.28

2.26

1.38

2.79

         

AAS

Porphyraspp

 China

[77]

655.8

1277.4

369.4

403.3

629.7

14.522

3.818

0.379

6.353

     

0.015

 

ICP-AES

P. yezoensis

Korea

[154]

781.1

2802

151.4

420.3

820.1

18

       

20.4

310.8

   

ICP-AES

P. tenera

Korea and China

[155]

199.2

2734

460.6

612

885.4

70.05

       

12.6

240.7

   

ICP-AES

P. haitanensis

Korea and China

[155]

 

3235

217.5

578.5

 

5.325

1.145

0.326

9.85

0.008

0.2

 

0.1

 

HR-ICP-MS

Porphyra sp.

São Miguel Island

[74]

 

3970

290

780

250

15.4

4.1

0.7

1.1

         

Ind. Lab

P. vietnamen

Hawai’i

[108]