Iranian Journal Of Health Sciences
علوم بهداشتی ایران
Iran J Health Sci
Medical Sciences
http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir
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10.29252/jhs
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2015
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Determination of heavy metals in apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and almond (Prunus amygdalus) oils
بهداشت محیط زیست
Environmental Health
پژوهشي
Original Article
<p>Background and purpose: Determination of heavy metals in oils is necessary to establish quality standards on a country level. This study aimed to determine of heavy metal contents (Cr, Ni, As, Cd, Hg, Pb, Sb, Sn, Sr, Al) in 12 seed oil samples in Iran by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Materials and Methods: The concentrations of heavy metal were determined by wet acid digestion methods with nitric acid (65%) and 4 ml peroxide hydrogenate on same samples using ICP-OES. Results: Results showed that the average of most important toxic metals detected in apricot oil samples was as follows 721.72 μg/kg for Al 15 μg/kg for Cd, 18 μg/kg for Pb, 14 μg/kg for As and <1 μg/kg for Hg. Furthermore, The average of heavy metals detected in almond oil samples were as follows 1019.73 μg/kg for Al, 10 μg/kg for Cd, 21 μg/kg for Pb and 11 μg/kg for As and <1 μg/kg for Hg. Also in the studied samples, Al was the highest concentrations among all metals. Conclusion: Most of the samples of oils were found to be contaminated with notable amounts of toxic metals which could be a threat to oil quality and human health.</p>
Heavy metals, Seed oil, Food safety, Inductively Coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry
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http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-352-5&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Issa
Mohammadpourfard
10031947532846003155
10031947532846003155
No
Nabi
Shariatifar
nshariati@tums.ac.ir
10031947532846003156
10031947532846003156
Yes
Gholam Reza
Jahed-Khaniki
10031947532846003157
10031947532846003157
No
Eayob
Ebadi-Fathabad
10031947532846003158
10031947532846003158
No