Macro- and micro-nutrient element contents of some fruit growing in Minsk, Belarus

Mineral contents of several fruits growing in Minsk in Belarus were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). The highest K (19141 mg/kg) was found in redberry sample, followed by red plum (big) (13352 mg/Kg), strawberry (13287 mg/Kg), blackberry (12896 mg/kg), yellow grape (12215 mg/kg), yellow plum H1 (12438 mg/kg), yellow plum H2 (12124 mg/kg), black grape (big) (11472 mg/kg), black grape (small) (11692 mg/kg), red plum (small) (10743 mg/Kg) and grape (red) (10572 mg/kg). P contents of fruits changed between 394 mg/kg wild apple) and 3422 mg/kg (redberry). Cr, Mo, Ni and Pb were found in very low concentrations. Generally, while Cu contents of fruits change between 1.6 mg/Kg (red hybrit apple) and 8 mg/kg (red berry), Fe contents ranged from 12.5 mg/kg (yellow pear) to 51.4 mg/kg (black berry). It appears that fruits could serve as good source of some nutrients.