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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Inclusion of a plant-based product in the diet of knowledge workers to enhance their vitamin and mineral status

About authors

1 Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

2 Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Rofail S. Rakhmanov
ploschad Minina i Pozharskogo, 10/1, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; ur.liam@35far

About paper

Author contribution: Rakhmanov RS — study concept and design, article authoring; Bogomolov ES — article editing, approval of its final version; Razgulin SA — literature data collection, participation in the interpretation of the results; Narutdinov DA — collection, systematization of primary data; Shurkin DA — analysis and statistical processing of data.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of Privolzhsky Research Medical University (Minutes No. 4 of March 14, 2022). All participants have voluntarily signed informed consent forms.

Received: 2025-06-25 Accepted: 2025-12-15 Published online: 2026-03-03
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Table 1. Vitamin content per 100 g of product
Note: * — combined in terms of carotenoids.
Table 2. Mineral content per 100 g of product
Table 3. Comparative characteristics of blood plasma vitamin content in knowledge workers, Me (Q25–Q75)
Note: * — significance of differences (p) relative to the baseline; — significance of differences (p) relative to the baseline; * — significance of differences (p) relative to the data recorded after the MCFP course.
Table 4. Absolute mineral content in blood
Note: * — significance of differences (p) relative to the baseline; — significance of differences (p) relative to the baseline; * — significance of differences (p) relative to the data recorded after the MCFP course; for nonparametric data — Me (Q25–Q75).