Evaluation of trace element contents of some herbal plants and spices retailed in Kayseri, Turkey

Soylak M., Cihan Z., YILMAZ E.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, cilt.184, sa.6, ss.3455-3461, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 184 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10661-011-2199-z
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3455-3461
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Trace elements, Digestion, Herbal plants, spice, determination, atomic absorption, pectrometry, ATOMIC-ABSORPTION-SPECTROMETRY, SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION, NATURAL-WATER SAMPLES, ACTIVATED CARBON, AQUEOUS-SOLUTION, METAL CONTENTS, LEAD, CADMIUM, NICKEL, COPPER
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The trace element contents of seven kinds of herbal plants and spice samples retailed in local markets in Kayseri-Turkey were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after digestion with HNO3/H2O2 mixture. The concentration ranges for the studied elements were found as 6.0-15.2, 0-32.2, 80.0-324.8, 8.1-386.3, and 13.1-36.2 mu g/g for copper, nickel, iron, manganese, and zinc, respectively. The levels of cobalt, lead, and chromium ions in all the investigated samples were found to be below the detection limit of flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The results found in the present work were compared with values in the literature.