Section

Ecology

Title

THE INCULCATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN FOODSTUFFS USING A DUSTY PLASMA

Сontributors

Yu. A. Abuzin, Cand. of Tech. Sci., Senior Researcher, Associate Professor of the National Research Technological University “MISIS”, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

I. K. Ermolaev, Cand. of Tech. Sci., Senior Researcher of the Institute of Nuclear Physics at Moscow state University. M. V. Lomonosov, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

V. A. Fadeev, Cand. of Tech. Sci., Senior Researcher of the FGUP GosNIIAS, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

R A. Sokolov, Graduate Student of the “MISIS”,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

M. M. Karashaev, Graduate Student of the “MISIS”,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The paper considers the idea of implantation of trace elements such as selenium and iodine into po¬tatoes. These elements enhance the immune defenses and contribute to increase in life expectancy. Po¬tato seeds were exposed to dusty plasma, which consists basically from trace elements of iodine and selenium. Before planting potato seeds were treated by dusty plasma accelerated to 360 m/s. An analysis of the content of iodine and selenium trace elements in the potato seed was carried out after exposure to dusty plasma. The concentration of iodine was 106 ^g/g, that is 2120 times more than for potatoes not exposed to plasma. The concentration of selenium was 163 ^g/g, that is 54333 times more than for potatoes, not exposed to plasma. The concentration of trace elements in ripe tubers in autumn: iodine — 0,09 ^g/g, selenium — 0,03 ^g/g. Ripe potato tubers contain: iodine in 1,8 times, selenium in 10 times more than in ordinary potatoes. This allows us to recommend the use of dusty plasma to increase trace elements content in food.

Keywords

dusty plasma, potatoes, trace elements, iodine, selenium.

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