Quantification of Selected Toxic and Potentially Toxic Elements in Vegetables, and Health Risk Assessment
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2020
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Miljković, IrenaPopović-Đorđević, Jelena
Rajković, Miloš B.
Kostić, Aleksandar Ž.
Popović, Blaženka
Brčeski, Ilija
Brka, Muhamed
Omanović-Mikličanin, Enisa
Karić, Lutvija
Falan, Vedad
Toroman, Almir
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Vegetables play an important role in human nutrition and their importance in diet is determined by its chemical composition. Numerous studies indicate a high degree of contamination of soil and plants produced in certain agro-ecological conditions, especially near urban and industrial areas. Accordingly, toxic and potentially toxic elements (aluminum, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc) were quantified in edible parts of four vegetable species (potato, cabbage, carrot and broccoli) by means of inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry (ICP–OES). In addition, health risk assessment was done and expressed through estimated weekly intake of elements (EWI) and hazard quotient (HQ). Samples of each species originating from different localities were collected from three green markets in the city of Belgrade (Serbia). The content of studied elements ranged from 1.32 to 4.00, 0.31 to 5.77, 3.50 to 23.11, 1.82 to 11.17 and 2.11 to 10.62 mg/kg for aluminum, cooper,... manganese, nickel and zinc, respectively. Chromium was detected in carrot sample (1.76 mg/kg), whereas concentration of lead in two samples of broccoli exceeded the maximum allowed concentration (>0.3 mg/kg) set by the national regulations. The average estimated weekly intakes for Al, Cu, and Zn were within the safe limits set by FAO/WHO, while for Ni and Pb in some vegetables were considerably higher than proposed values. In respect to the obtained results, a great weekly health risk was indicated for chromium, nickel and lead with the highest HQ values: 2.44, 10.32 and 2.02, respectively. The results of the study impose the necessity for continuous monitoring of harmful elements content in individual vegetable crops as well as strict regulative guide-lines in order to diminish possibility of contamination.
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Health risk assessment / ICP–OES / Toxic elements / VegetablesSource:
30th Scientific-Experts Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry, 2020, 229-236Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
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- Improvement and development of hygienic and technological procedures in production of animal originating foodstuffs with the aim of producing high-quality and safe products competetive on the global market (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-46009)
- Advanced technologies for monitoring and environmental protection from chemical pollutants and radiation burden (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43009)
- Development of technologies and products based on mineral raw materials and waste biomass for protection of natural resources for safe food production (RS-MESTD-Technological Development (TD or TR)-31003)
- The vegetable samples studied in this work were collected under the Permission No. 1436/1, issued by the Public Utility Company “JKP Gradske pijace” – Beograd.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40049-1_29
ISBN: 978-3-030-40049-1
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85080957220
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Hemijski fakultet / Faculty of ChemistryTY - CONF AU - Miljković, Irena AU - Popović-Đorđević, Jelena AU - Rajković, Miloš B. AU - Kostić, Aleksandar Ž. AU - Popović, Blaženka AU - Brčeski, Ilija AU - Brka, Muhamed AU - Omanović-Mikličanin, Enisa AU - Karić, Lutvija AU - Falan, Vedad AU - Toroman, Almir PY - 2020 UR - https://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4278 AB - Vegetables play an important role in human nutrition and their importance in diet is determined by its chemical composition. Numerous studies indicate a high degree of contamination of soil and plants produced in certain agro-ecological conditions, especially near urban and industrial areas. Accordingly, toxic and potentially toxic elements (aluminum, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc) were quantified in edible parts of four vegetable species (potato, cabbage, carrot and broccoli) by means of inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry (ICP–OES). In addition, health risk assessment was done and expressed through estimated weekly intake of elements (EWI) and hazard quotient (HQ). Samples of each species originating from different localities were collected from three green markets in the city of Belgrade (Serbia). The content of studied elements ranged from 1.32 to 4.00, 0.31 to 5.77, 3.50 to 23.11, 1.82 to 11.17 and 2.11 to 10.62 mg/kg for aluminum, cooper, manganese, nickel and zinc, respectively. Chromium was detected in carrot sample (1.76 mg/kg), whereas concentration of lead in two samples of broccoli exceeded the maximum allowed concentration (>0.3 mg/kg) set by the national regulations. The average estimated weekly intakes for Al, Cu, and Zn were within the safe limits set by FAO/WHO, while for Ni and Pb in some vegetables were considerably higher than proposed values. In respect to the obtained results, a great weekly health risk was indicated for chromium, nickel and lead with the highest HQ values: 2.44, 10.32 and 2.02, respectively. The results of the study impose the necessity for continuous monitoring of harmful elements content in individual vegetable crops as well as strict regulative guide-lines in order to diminish possibility of contamination. PB - Springer International Publishing C3 - 30th Scientific-Experts Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry T1 - Quantification of Selected Toxic and Potentially Toxic Elements in Vegetables, and Health Risk Assessment SP - 229 EP - 236 DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-40049-1_29 ER -
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Miljković, I., Popović-Đorđević, J., Rajković, M. B., Kostić, A. Ž., Popović, B., Brčeski, I., Brka, M., Omanović-Mikličanin, E., Karić, L., Falan, V.,& Toroman, A.. (2020). Quantification of Selected Toxic and Potentially Toxic Elements in Vegetables, and Health Risk Assessment. in 30th Scientific-Experts Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry Springer International Publishing., 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40049-1_29
Miljković I, Popović-Đorđević J, Rajković MB, Kostić AŽ, Popović B, Brčeski I, Brka M, Omanović-Mikličanin E, Karić L, Falan V, Toroman A. Quantification of Selected Toxic and Potentially Toxic Elements in Vegetables, and Health Risk Assessment. in 30th Scientific-Experts Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry. 2020;:229-236. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40049-1_29 .
Miljković, Irena, Popović-Đorđević, Jelena, Rajković, Miloš B., Kostić, Aleksandar Ž., Popović, Blaženka, Brčeski, Ilija, Brka, Muhamed, Omanović-Mikličanin, Enisa, Karić, Lutvija, Falan, Vedad, Toroman, Almir, "Quantification of Selected Toxic and Potentially Toxic Elements in Vegetables, and Health Risk Assessment" in 30th Scientific-Experts Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry (2020):229-236, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40049-1_29 . .