Skip to main content
Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Mineral content of raw and steamed flesh of African Mud Creeper, T. fuscatus var radula

From: Biochemical profile, non-enzymatic antioxidants and functional attributes of raw and thermally processed West African Mud Creeper, Tympanotonos fuscatus var radula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mineral

Raw (mg/100 g)

Steamed (mg/100 g)

p value

SD

CV%

D

% D

Calcium

43.14 ± 0.05

40.48 ± 0.03

0.08

1.88

4.5

2.66

6.17

Phosphorus

83.33 ± 0.32

74.1 ± 0.11

0.11

6.53

8.29

9.23

11.08

Magnesium

17.73 ± 0.31

14.75 ± 0.22

0.10

2.11

12.98

2.98

16.81

Sodium

56.2 ± 0.62

43.34 ± 0.71

0.02*

9.09

18.27

12.86

22.88

Potassium

37 ± 0.07

28.38 ± 0.15

0.00*

6.1

18.65

8.62

23.3

Total

237.4

201.05

 

25.7

11.72

36.35

15.31

  1. Standard deviation (SD), coefficient of variation per cent (CV %), difference between raw and cooked (D), percentage difference (D)
  2. *significant difference
Back to article page