Table 1 Mineral content of aquatic herbs (AHV), terrestrial herbs (THV), and fruit from trees and vines
From: Fishing for iodine: what aquatic foraging by bonobos tells us about human evolution
Genus/species | Plant type | sample | Mn | Ca | Zn | Mg | Na | Fe | K | I | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | b | c | ||||||||||
Nymphaea lotus | AHV | leaf | 470.23 | 8278.10 | 52.90 | 4559.68 | na | 605.71 | 23,774.29 | na | na | na |
Nymphaea lotus | AHV | stem | 226.54 | 5035.00 | 60.69 | 5565.00 | na | 901.00 | 93,015.00 | 1.23 | 1.05 ± 0.06 (5) | na |
Juncus spp. | AHV | pith | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 7.99 | 7.53 ± 0.15 (5) | 7.14 |
Haumania liebrechtsiana | THV | pith | 193.80 | 1540.80 | 62.40 | 2742.40 | 35.20 | 62.70 | 43,880.70 | 0.30 | 0.36 | na |
Dialium corbisieri | Tree | leaf | 54.77 | 924.02 | 28.55 | 1108.33 | 45.02 | 127.11 | 10,999.12 | < 0.10 | 0.01 | na |
Drypetes spp. | Tree | fruit | 50.26 | 694.02 | 21.45 | 1267.67 | 11.48 | 19.82 | 10,873.88 | 0.10 | 0.08 | na |
Landolphia spp. | Vine | fruit | 74.62 | 807.88 | 67.95 | 782.24 | 22.83 | 49.36 | 13,289.26 | < 0.10 | 0.02 | na |
Gambeya lacourtiana | Tree | fruit | 17.07 | 339.90 | 12.40 | 365.95 | 15.35 | 19.60 | 8595.78 | < 0.10 | 0.05 | na |
Parinari excelsia | Tree | fruit | 4.68 | 1023.85 | 5.80 | 865.37 | 29.31 | 24.48 | 12,986.86 | < 0.10 | 0.07 | na |
Dialium gossweiler | Tree | fruit | 74.83 | 975.17 | 18.11 | 1673.13 | 8.34 | 33.06 | 8919.70 | < 0.10 | 0.01 | na |
Irvingia gabonensis | Tree | fruit | 84.40 | 1360.22 | 22.27 | 1333.04 | 25.06 | 26.21 | 15,258.96 | < 0.10 | 0.09 | na |
Mammea africana | Tree | fruit | 115.91 | 4070.57 | 14.39 | 3155.34 | 19.30 | 61.23 | 10,334.62 | < 0.10 | na | na |