5.5 Anti-nutritional Factors
Sunflower seeds have been reported not to contain considerable amount of antinutritional factors (OECD 2007; Le Clef and Kemper 2015). However, Ingale and
Shrivastava (2011) reported very minute amount of some anti-nutritional factors such
as cyanide content (4.026–4.175 mg HCN/100 g), tannins (0.623–0.651 g/100 g)
Table 5.5 Vitamin content in sunflower oilseed
Vitamin
Quantity (per 100 g dry matter of whole seed)
L-ascorbic acid
1.40 mg
Thiamine
1.48 mg
Riboflavin
0.35 mg
Niacin
8.33 mg
Pantothenic acid
1.13 mg
Vitamin B 6
1.35 mg
Folate (total)
227.00 μg
Choline
55.10 mg
Vitamin B 12
0 μg
Vitamin A
50 IU
α-tocopherol (vitamin E)
35.17 mg
β-tocopherol
1.18 mg
γ-tocopherol
0.37 mg
δ-tocopherol
0.02 mg
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)
0 μg
Vitamin D
0 μg
Source: USDA (2019)
IU International Units
Table 5.6 Mineral content of sunflower oilseeds
Mineral
Whole seed (mg per 100 g)
a
Whole seed (mg per 100 g)
b
Calcium
78
100
Phosphorus
660
940
Magnesium
325
410
Potassium
645
740
Sodium
9
20
Copper
1.8
2.5
Iron
5.25
6.7
Manganese
1.95
2.6
Zinc
5
7.6
Selenium
53
c
NR
NR not reported
a USDA (2019)
b
Robinson (1975)
c In μg
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