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Toxic and essential trace elemental contents in fish species from the Black Sea, Turkey

  • Mustafa Tuzen*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Toxic and essential element content of ten different fish species from the Black Sea were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion method. The validation of the presented procedure is performed by the analysis of standard reference materials (NRCC-DORM 2 Dogfish Muscle). The relative standard deviations were found to be lower than 10%. Toxic element content in fish samples were found 25-84 μg/kg for mercury, 0.11-0.32 μg/g for arsenic, 0.28-0.87 μg/g for lead, 0.10-0.35 μg/g for cadmium, 1.14-3.60 μg/g for nickel. Trace element content in fish samples were found 36.2-145 μg/g for iron, 0.65-2.78 μg/g for copper, 2.76-9.10 μg/g for manganese, 38.8-93.4 μg/g for zinc, 0.19-0.85 μg/g for selenium, 0.63-1.74 μg/g for chromium. The levels of lead and cadmium in fish samples were higher than the recommended legal limits for human consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1785-1790
Number of pages6
JournalFood and Chemical Toxicology
Volume47
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Unit of the Scientific Research Projects of Gaziosmanpasa University. The authors also would like to thank O.D. Uluozlu for his helps in experimental studies.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • Atomic absorption spectrometry
  • Black Sea
  • Fish
  • Toxic and essential element
  • Turkey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science
  • Toxicology

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