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Table 7 The iron and zinc content (mg/kg wet weight) in nuts and legumes collected in Kumi, Ngora and Bukedea

From: Iron and zinc content of selected foods in the diet of schoolchildren in Kumi district, east of Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Sample

Species

Scientific name

 

Iron

(mg/kg)

  

Zinc

(mg/kg)

 
   

Kumi

Ngora

Bukedea

Kumi

Ngora

Bukedea

Ground nuts

Serenut

Arachis hypogaea L.

25

n.s.

20

30

n.s.

26

 

Obino

Arachis hypogaea L.

34

n.s.

n.s.

25

n.s.

n.s.

 

Otira

Arachis hypogaea L.

20

n.s.

n.s.

30

n.s.

n.s.

 

Valencia

Arachis hypogaea L.

n.s.

n.s.

26

n.s.

n.s.

27

 

Agolitom

Arachis hypogaea L.

n.s.

23

n.s.

n.s.

24

n.s.

Beans

Soya

Glycine max

80

70

180

52

38

34

 

Kaneybwa

Phaseolus vulgaris L

70

70

54

26

24

24

 

TZ

Phaseolus vulgaris L

n.s.

70

90

n.s.

22

27

 

Saitot

Phaseolus vulgaris L

64

n.s.

n.s.

33

n.s.

n.s.

 

White

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

70

n.s.

n.s.

34

n.s.

n.s.

 

Yellow

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

70

n.s.

n.s.

34

n.s.

n.s

Peas

Green grams

Phaseolus aureus Roxb.

42

900

1300

27

31

27

 

Cow peas

Vigna anguiculata Crantz

61

45

45

32

31

32

  1. The results are given as a mean of two parallel dissolutions.
  2. n.s = No sample was collected.