Research Article

Greening Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction for Sorghum Flour Multielemental Determination by Microwave-Induced Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry

Table 4

Mean analyte concentrations (n = 3) and standard deviations found in sorghum flours.

SampleAnalyteSorghum commercial typesHybrid
Cu (mg kg−1)K (mg kg−1)Mg (mg kg−1)Mn (mg kg−1)P (mg kg−1)Zn (mg kg−1)

I2.8±0.33641±591255±3521.6±0.11394±2516.7±3.4Graniferous sorghumTOB 41 T
II3.7±0.64060±2951328±4920.8±0.61315±5019.5±3.5Graniferous sorghumTOB EXP 903
III3.8±1.14572±511502±9015.1±4.01492±9018.1±0.4Graniferous sorghumACA 548
IV2.6±0.14375±3381218±6317.7±0.41482±6514.5±3.3Graniferous sorghumACA XP GR 209
V2.9±0.24329±4311319±6825.9±0.31276±5116.8±2.9Graniferous sorghumACA GR 233
VI2.7±0.84085±1501389±15119.4±2.11469±5617.9±1.7Graniferous sorghumARGENSOR 110 T
VII3.2±0.44528±441329±2819.7±2.61459±5019.8±1.6Dual-purpose sorghumARGENSOR 151 DP
VIII3.4±0.84256±1811406±8922.6±2.11217±4322.1±0.9Graniferous sorghumGEN 11T
IX3.1±0.33917±9291356±8421.6±0.91397±2918.4±0.2Graniferous sorghumGEN 311 T
X2.5±0.34232±2791364±24218.4±2.01289±8016.9±1.2Dual-purpose sorghumGEN 417 SLT
XI3.2±0.34249±2661287±12822.6±2.91333±6116.0±1.4Graniferous sorghumSUMMER II
XII2.9±0.44236±3691480±8320.6±2.51493±9219.5±0.7Graniferous sorghumSPRING T 60
XIII3.3±0.24269±401525±9323.6±0.01336±1021.8±0.1Graniferous sorghumEXP 483
XIV3.2±0.23822±581285±3624.8±1.71457±2118.6±2.5Graniferous sorghumTAMAR 2 GR
XV2.9±0.44401±4561370±4021.5±2.01473±6018.3±0.3Graniferous sorghumHS 26 LT
XVI2.9±0.24806±9751411±4920.2±1.11490±3115.4±6.8Graniferous sorghumPS 55
XVII3.0±0.44379±1381367±3421.2±1.81506±1418.5±0.3Forage sorghumGS1
XVIII2.8±0.24382±5111410±8220.0±0.21449±1017.7±0.8Forage sorghumGS2
XIX3.1±0.14380±3791248±2323.8±1.71545±5018.3±0.5Forage sorghumGSD 3
XX2.9±0.64749±1941465±7619.3±4.11482±2018.1±3.9Forage sorghumGSD 4