Abstract
Due to the consumption of chicken and chicken products in Turkey at high ratio, trace metal content of chicken and chicken products from Turkey were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion. The accuracy of the method was confirmed by analysis of standard reference material (NIST SRM 1577b Bovine liver). Trace element content in various parts of chicken samples and chicken products were to be in the range of 0.10-114 μg/g for copper, 0.25-6.09 μg/kg for cadmium, 0.01-0.40 μg/g for lead, 0.10-0.91 μg/g for selenium, 0.05-3.91 μg/g for manganese, 0.06-0.10 μg/g for arsenic, 0.01-0.72 μg/g for chromium, 0.01-2.08 μg/g for nickel, 0.01-0.02 μg/g for cobalt, 0.10-1.90 μg/g for aluminium, 1.21-24.3 μg/g for zinc, 2.91-155 μg/g for iron. The levels of lead in some analyzed chicken products were higher than the recommended legal limits for human consumption.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 982-987 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Hazardous Materials |
| Volume | 163 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Apr 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Units of the Scientific Research Projects of Gaziosmanpasa University and Erciyes University.
Keywords
- Atomic absorption spectroscopy
- Chicken
- Microwave digestion
- Trace element
- Turkey
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Chemistry
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Pollution
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis