Element contents of commonly consumed grain, pulse and legume seeds

Authors:

Ayşegül Korkmaz, Nesim Dursun, Mustafa Harmankaya, Mustafa Mete Özcan, Mehmet Musa Özcan

Volume 30, Issue 3;
Pages: 248-255; 2024
ISSN: 2069-0053 (print), Agroprint;
ISSN (online): 2068-9551

Abstract:

P and K amounts of the seeds were defined to be between 3449 mg/kg (Beluga lentil) and 8080 mg/kg (white chia) to 2936 mg/kg (black rice) and 10603 mg/kg (mash bean), respectively. Also, Ca quantities of the seed samples vary between 87.1 mg/kg (whole rice) and 6681 mg/kg (white chia), Mg contents of the seeds were specified to be between 965 mg/kg (Beluga lentil) and 3540 mg/kg (black chia). As and Bi amounts of the seeds were characterized to be between 3.3 mg/kg (red bean) and 22.7 mg/kg (buckwheat) to 0.9 mg/kg (red bean) and 3.8 mg/kg (white chia), respectively. The highest Ba in seeds was established  in black chia (28.2 mg/kg) and white chia (36.4 mg/kg) samples, and the Ba contents of other seed samples were stated below 2.6 mg/kg. Cd, Co and Cr quantities of the seeds were found below 0.2 mg/kg, 0.4 mg/kg and 0.8 mg/kg, respectively.

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