Овесът като източник на минерални нутриенти в хранителния режим на населението.

Cereals of plant origin,including oats are a rich source of minerals. Three types of Bulgarian oat varieties and three new hybrid varieties imported by a Polish producer company were studied. The content of minerals – Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe and P in the six oat varieties was investigated. The aim of the present study is to determine which cultivar is optimal in terms of the lowest and highest content of mineral nutrients and their acceptable limits in the selected oat cultivars. In the 6 oat varieties studied by us, a lower content of Zn was found – 10.0 mg/kg in the Bulgarian varieties compared to the foreign ones – 18.0 mg/kg. When determining the amount of P in the analyzed varieties, concentrations of 720.0 to 900.0 mg/kg were found for the Bulgarian oat varieties and from 1080.0 to 1200.0 mg/kg for those imported by a Polish producer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]