ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Harvest Age Impact on the Antioxidant
and Mineral Content of Kurdish Rice in the
Harir Sub-District Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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Department of General Sciences, Faculty of Education, Soran University, Delzyan, 44008 Soran,
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Submission date: 2023-07-14
Final revision date: 2023-09-07
Acceptance date: 2023-11-28
Online publication date: 2024-04-11
Publication date: 2024-04-18
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Samiaa Jamil Abdulwahid-Kurdi
Department of General Sciences, Faculty of Education, Soran University, Delzyan, 44008 Soran,
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(4):3531-3544
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The study underscores the importance of considering the age of rice when evaluating its nutritional
and chemical properties for various applications. The first research rice samples, with an age range
of 3 to 6 months, were gathered from the Harir subdistrict. The proximate analysis results revealed
nine distinct compounds, with vitamin C recording as the most abundant compound, ranging from
1693.5 ppm at 3 months of harvest age to 523 ppm at 6 months of harvest age. Antioxidant compounds
came in second, with values ranging from 33.3 ppm at 3 months to 50.9 ppm at 6 months of storage.
There were significant (p 0.05) differences in the amount of polyphenol content in rice at various
ages. Among the discovered chemicals, chlorogenic acid had the greatest concentration (800.8 ppm)
at a harvest age of 3 months. The rice samples included in this investigation contained 26 distinct
fatty acid compounds; the most unsaturated fatty acids (33.51%) and least saturated fatty acids (65.7%)
were found in rice at 3 months. Significantly more Na and Se were present in the rice at 3 months
(97 and 12 ppm, respectively) than at 6 months (67 and 6 ppm). Our research supports the fact that rice
samples from the Harir sub-district consist of phytoconstituents and their potential for use as functional
foods and in the further development of natural health products.