Effect of sodium selenate foliar supplementation on Cryptotaenia japonica and Petroselinum crispum nutritional characteristics and seed quality

Production of functional food with high levels selenium and other antioxidants is very valuable for human protection against different forms oxidant stress. Among leafy vegetables parsley demonstrate the highest antioxidants. Biochemical analysis fluorimetric determination revealed that foliar biofortification 4 (Petroselinum crispum) cultivars Mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica) sodium selenate (25 mg L-1) resulted in level curly cultivar Krasotka (102.9) which showed leaf surface area, antioxidant activity (65 GAE g-1 d.w.) flavonoids content (25.9 quercetin equivalent d.w.), increase by 1.4 times carotene 1,5 total chlorophyll content. ICP-MS method mineral composition evaluation recorded extremely B Si Mustuba, increased due to Se supplementation 1.23 1.46 respectively. In a two-year experiment control Se-fortified, parsley, Moskvichka reached values seed yield viability, (6170 µg kg-1 d.w.). The results present investigation prospects production elevated microelement activity.