Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Comparison of the contents of the inorganic elements determined using ICP-OES (unit: mg∙kg⁻¹)

From: Discrimination of geographical origin of Korean and Chinese red pepper paste via inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry

Element	Korean		Chinese
Element	Max	Average	Max	Average
Al*	114.92	74.11	111.38	87.67
Ca*	1209.28	690.18	782.58	442.06
Fe	57.79	33.50	51.97	35.72
K*	15700.70	9344.09	11470.11	8202.15
Mg*	4086.21	1703.31	1463.69	843.47
Na	82468.52	45748.69	48857.81	43676.96
P*	3282.13	2014.13	2186.92	1671.18
S*	4156.75	1931.62	1520.28	1172.34
Zn	27.74	9.44	55.11	10.54

^*The comparison of relative levels of elements in different groups revealed a significant difference between the Korean and Chinese red pepper pastes (p < 0.05)

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