Table 2

Minerals	Ripe papaya	Unripe papaya	Leaves	Seed
Ca	120.1 ± 0.20^d	326.6 ± 0. 23^c	811.1 ± 0.04^a	681.4 ± 0.19^b
Mg	108.8 ± 0.22^d	172.5 ± 0.2^c	564.9 ± 0.1^a	423.5 ± 0. 4^b
P	2086.0 ± 0.15^d	2151.2 ± 0. 89^b	3625.2 ± 0.5^a	2115.7 ± 0.36^c
Fe	1.8 ± 0.46^c	1.8 ± 0.15^c	10.9 ± 0.24^a	5.8 ± 0.2^b
Na	20.6 ± 0.58^d	84.8 ± 0.41^a	24.4 ± 0.44^b	23.4 ± 0.23^c

Mean ± SD followed by different letter within a row are signiﬁcantly different (P < 0.05).
Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3).

Table 2: Mineral content of different parts of papaya (mg/100 g) of freeze dried samples.