Essential and toxic elements in meat of wild and bred animals

Autor:	Donatella Desideri, Chiara Cantaluppi, Carla Roselli, Federica Ceccotto, Maria Assunta Meli, Laura Feduzi
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	toxic elements Detection limit Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Fluorescence spectrometry wild and farmed animals Baseline data Biology Pollution meat Animal science essential elements Environmental chemistry Environmental Chemistry
Zdroj:	Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. 94:1995-2005
ISSN:	1029-0486 0277-2248
Popis:	Essential and toxic elements were determined by Energy Dispersive Polarized X-Rays Fluorescence Spectrometry (EDPXRF) in the meat of 145 wild and bred animals to provide the baseline data regarding meat of wild and bred animals consumed in central Italy. As far as K, Fe, Ni, Zn, and Cu are concerned, no significant differences resulted between young and adults and between males and females for farmed and wild animals. No marked differences were found between hunted and non-hunted animals groups. In all samples analyzed, Mn, Cr, and Mo were below the detection limit. As far as the non-essential or toxic elements are concerned, As, Cd, V, and Hg concentrations in muscle from wild and bred animals were low and always below the detection limits. Among the wild animals killed with lead (Pb) bullets, elevated Pb concentrations in tissues were detected. This finding may result in elevated Pb levels in meat ingested by humans.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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