Levels of Minor and Trace Elements of Some Commercial Fruit Juices and Syrup Produced in Artisanal and Semi-Industrial Units in Benin Republic

Autor:	Mickael Saizonou, Oriol Baltrons, Magloire Gbaguidi, A Youssao, Léonce Dovonon, Olivier F. X. Donard, Henri H. Soclo, Fabienne Séby, Mathilde Monperus
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Cadmium Strontium Chemistry chemistry.chemical_element Thorium Barium 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Contamination Uranium Pesticide 040401 food science Mercury (element) 0404 agricultural biotechnology Food science
Zdroj:	International Journal of Chemistry. 10:68
ISSN:	1916-9701 1916-9698
DOI:	10.5539/ijc.v10n4p68
Popis:	Fruit juices have been gaining interest in recent years for their contributions of minerals and other essential vitamins. But, with the development of intensive agriculture massively using pesticides and mineral fertilizers, the risk of contamination of these juices is high along the production chain. In this study, we evaluated the concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), berrylium (Be), aluminium (Al), strontium (Sr), tin (Sn), barium (Ba), mercury (Hg), thallium (Tl), lead (Pb), thorium (Th), uranium (U) for 92 commercial samples of pineapple juice, cocktail of pineapple and watermelon and pineapple syrup of Benin and France using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Source Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The concentrations vary in the following ranges: As Sr> Ba> Pb> Sn> Tl> As> Th> Hg> Cd> Be> U. The average concentrations’ levels of trace elements are generally in accordance with the levels obtained for French pineapple juices chosen as reference, national and international standards for the quality of beverages.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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