Table 1 Proximate and mineral composition of naked oat flours according to different particle sizes
| Components | Control | Fractions of control |
| Fraction A (>250 μm) | Fraction B (160-250 μm) | Fraction C (<160 μm) |
| Moisture (%) | 8.4±0.0c1) | 8.9±0.2b | 9.2±0.1b | 9.6±0.0a |
| Crude protein (%) | 15.7±0.3b | 16.6±0.0a | 15.8±0.2b | 14.6±0.1c |
| Crude lipid (%) | 10.0±0.2a | 10.4±0.4a | 9.8±0.4ab | 9.6±0.1b |
| Crude ash (%) | 1.8±0.0b | 2.0±0.1a | 1.6±0.0c | 1.4±0.0d |
| Mineral (mg%) | K | 311.0±1.3b | 317.3±0.1a | 307.9±1.6c | 246.8±0.8d |
| Ca | 65.5±0.4a | 65.4±0.2a | 64.9±0.2a | 50.9±0.4b |
| Fe | 6.0±0.0c | 6.2±0.0b | 6.3±0.0a | 5.1±0.0c |
| Na | 5.7±0.0b | 6.2±0.1a | 5.6±0.0c | 4.3±0.0d |
| Mg | 132.7±0.6a | 133.7±0.8a | 133.7±0.6a | 102.2±0.3b |
| Mn | 5.6±0.0a | 5.6±0.0a | 5.6±0.0a | 4.7±0.0b |
| Zn | 2.8±0.0b | 2.8±0.0b | 3.1±0.0a | 2.5±0.0c |
| Cu | 0.5±0.0c | 0.5±0.0c | 0.9±0.0a | 0.7±0.0b |
| Total | 529.9±2.4b | 537.8±1.3a | 528.0±2.5b | 417.2±1.6c |
Values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscript small letters in the same row are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple test (p<0.05).