Authors:
Ayşegül Korkmaz, Mehmet Musa Özcan, Mustafa Harmankaya, Mustafa Mete Özcan, Fatma Gökmen Yılmaz, Nazlı Can Aydeniz, Nesim Dursun
Volume 31, Issue 1;
Pages: 7-11; 2025
ISSN: 2069-0053 (print), Agroprint;
ISSN (online): 2068-9551
Abstract
In this study, the differences in macro, micro and toxic element accumulations of some commercially important oilseeds (sunflower, sufflower and corn) were investigated. Seed varieties were effective on macroelement contents of the seeds. Among macro elements, the highest amounts of P and K were found to be between 2414.60 (corn) and 4919.84 mg/kg (sunflower) to 2305.46 (corn) and 3466.77 mg/kg (sunflower), respectively. The highest amounts of macroelements among oilseeds were detected in sunflower seeds, followed by sufflower and corn in decreasing order. The Fe and Zn contents of the seeds were determined as 13.72 (Corn) and 61.91 mg/kg (Sufflower) to 8.87 (corn) and 33.43 mg/kg (sunflower), respectively. In general, the lowest microelement contents were determined in corn sample, while the highest microelements were determined in sunflower seeds (except Fe and B). In general, toxic element contents of the oilseeds were detected at very low levels. Mo and Se contents of seeds were found to be slightly higher than the amounts of other toxic elements detected in seeds. Mo and Se contents of seeds were determined to be between 0.1285 (sunflower) and 0.2266 mg/kg (corn) to 0.0602 (sunflower) and 0.1019 mg/kg (sufflower), respectively. As a result, the toxic element contents of the studied oilseeds were found to be at very low levels, creating a safe raw material source for health and food industry
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