Authors:
Ayşegül Korkmaz, Mehmet Musa Özcan, Fatma Gökmen Yılmaz, Mustafa Mete Özcan
Volume 30, Issue 3;
Pages: 220-232; 2024
ISSN: 2069-0053 (print), Agroprint;
ISSN (online): 2068-9551
Potassium amounts of shade dried fruits were specified to be between 6554.85 (red apple) and 22226.63 mg/kg (Green apple). Phosphorus quantities of shade dried fruits were determined between 628.82 (pear) and 2433.81 mg/kg (blueberry). In addition, among shade-dried fruits, the lowest and highest Mg were detected in red apple (237.37 mg/kg) and orange (1362.97 mg/kg), respectively. While the lowest and highest Cu contents of oven-dried fruits were detected in lime (1.64 mg/kg) and grape (6.42 mg/kg), the Cu contents of sun-dried fruits were 1.52 mg/kg (lime) and 6.41 mg/kg (blueberry) was assessed between. The Cu content of fruits dried in the shade was determined between 1.86 mg/kg (green apple) and 5.56 mg/kg (grape). In addition, the Zn contents of fruits dried in the oven were recorded between 0.89 mg/kg (red apple) and 6.48 mg/kg (lime), while the Zn contents of fruits dried in the sun were determined between 0.98 mg/kg (red apple) and 5.63 mg/kg (strawberry). While the lowest phosphorus was detected in green pepper, the P contents of other vegetables were higher than the K, Mg and Ca contents of the vegetables. K quantities of oven and sun dried vegetables were found to be between 18772.6 mg/kg (okra) and 45226.0 mg/kg (pumpkin) to 14745.8 mg/kg (okra) and 44137.9 mg/kg (pumpkin), respectively. The K amounts of shade-dried vegetables were found between 18353.5 (okra) and 48991.5 mg/kg (pumpkin). Fe contents of oven-dried vegetables were recorded between 27.50 mg/kg (tomato) and 94.98 mg/kg (pumpkin). Cu contents of vegetables were recorded to be low depending on the drying types. Depending on the drying types, the highest macro element contents in fruits were K, followed by P and Mg in decreasing order. Additionally, it has been observed that, in general, vegetables dried in the oven contain more Mn than vegetables dried in the sun and shade.