Trace metal contents in some brands of canned beef in Nigeria |
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Authors: | Chukwujindu Maxwell Azubuike Iwegbue |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry , Delta State University , P.M.B. 1, Abraka, Nigeria maxipriestley@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | The concentrations of cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, zinc, manganese, iron, cobalt, and nickel in some brands of canned beef in Nigerian markets were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The mean concentration ranges for these metals in mg?kg?1 were 0.02–0.37 for Cd, <0.04–0.75 for Cr, 1.1–2.4 for Cu, <0.001–1.5 for Pb, 1.1–8.0 for Zn, <0.04–0.57 for Mn, 13.8–28.8 for Fe, 0.05–0.26 for Co, and 0.8–5.9 for Ni. The estimated dietary intake of metals from these products did not indicate any risk since the values were far below the permissible dietary intakes. |
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Keywords: | canned beef health risk trace metals provisional tolerable weekly intake |
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