Development of a composition of functional plant raw materials for the prevention of diseases associated with potassium deficiency

The article presents the results of research on the development of a composition of functional plant raw materials designed to enrich various groups of foodstuffs for the prevention of diseases associated with potassium deficiency in the human body. Potassium deficiency or hypokalemia is one of the most frequent forms of electrolyte imbalance accompanied by severe organ and system disorders. Potassium deficiency occurs for a variety of reasons, but recently, according to numerous sources, there is a high frequency of hypokalemia in patients with coronavirus infection. Improvement of the availability of this macronutrient can be achieved primarily by increasing its intake into the body through specialized food products. As a natural source of potassium in the products of functional purpose it is advisable to use compositions of wild plant raw materials, the chemical composition of which contains a significant amount of potassium. Experimentally we have established such types of plant raw materials: common oregano (lat. Oríganum vulgáre, grass), black currant (lat. Ríbes nígrum, leaves), small bramble (lat. Lémna mínor, leaves), common blueberry (lat. Vaccinium myrtillus L, leaves), common thyme (lat. Thimus serpyllum L, grass). Designing the composition of the phytocomposition was carried out by the method of planning experiments for the composition of mixtures. By using the procedure Plan for surfaces and mixtures with the constraints of the module Planning experiments package STATISTICA 10 was generated plan of experiments, studies were conducted to determine the quantitative content of potassium in the experimental samples, carried out mathematical processing of the results obtained scientifically validated optimal component composition of the composition of plant raw materials, in which the potassium content is - 1072.8 mg/100 g (33.53% of the recommended daily intake), which meets the requirements of GOST P 52349-2005 and confirmed