Table 4. Mineral contents in garlic sprouts according to parts and growth period (mg/100 g)
| Components | General garlic bulb | 20th day | 25th day |
| SA1) | SL | SB | SR | SA | SL | SB | SR |
| Ca | 7.29±1.272)E3) | 101.33±13.47gE | 277.84±6.03bD | 89.19±0.92hD | 192.20±2.55dE | 168.12±2.10eD | 415.33±12.24aC | 118.61±2.47fD | 224.71±2.41cE |
| Mg | 65.07±3.06D | 70.14±7.95deF | 133.66±2.97aE | 66.36±0.56eE | 90.13±1.01bF | 74.46±0.67cdF | 128.96±3.74aE | 77.94±1.20cE | 77.07±1.02cF |
| Fe | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr |
| Na | 42.86±0.60D | 223.39±0.98cD | 89.13±0.92fF | 87.31±0.93fF | 702.28±5.13aC | 156.08±0.00dE | 119.61±0.84eF | 72.62±0.49gF | 575.76±12.14bC |
| K | 1,007.69±30.41A | 1,005.50±7.56fA | 2,096.19±29.76cA | 931.39±13.07gA | 2,881.22±30.49bA | 1,420.85±4.90eA | 1,997.71±15.07dA | 1,035.89±6.54fA | 3,015.08±35.73aA |
| Mn | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr |
| Zn | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr |
| Cu | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr | tr |
| P | 355.31±9.98B | 360.82±1.82eB | 441.84±22.50cB | 361.74±3.87eB | 468.76±0.79bD | 388.08±4.49dB | 484.59±4.26abB | 449.13±8.02cB | 491.59±7.93aD |
| S | 208.30±12.08C | 248.92±12.41fC | 337.12±14.92dC | 201.81±4.49gC | 783.10±3.89bB | 332.42±6.64dC | 391.23±5.24cD | 282.38±2.02eC | 836.35±12.31aB |
SA, garlic sprouted all; SL, garlic sprouted leaf; SB, garlic sprouted bulb; SR, garlic sprouted root.
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
Means with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test (a>b>c>d>e>f>g>h).
Means with different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test (A>B>C>D>E).