The determination of heavy metals in bananas
The contents of eight heavy metals, which are arsenic, lead, copper, tin, zinc, mercury, cadmium and antimony, in 2 species of banana was determined using the Inductively Coupled Plasma - Atomic Emission Spectrometric method. Among the analysed species are Musa sp. cv. Embun and Musa sp. cv. Hotel....
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| description | The contents of eight heavy metals, which are arsenic, lead, copper, tin, zinc, mercury, cadmium and antimony, in 2 species of banana was determined using the Inductively Coupled Plasma - Atomic Emission Spectrometric method. Among the analysed species are Musa sp. cv. Embun and Musa sp. cv. Hotel. From the results, the levels of heavy metals were generally below the permissible levels of heavy metal as stipulated in the Food Act, 1983 (Act 281) and Malaysian Food
Regulations, 1985. The results also indicated that the eoncentrations of tin in the fruits were significantly higher than other metallic elements. Heavy metal constituents in the soil where thE! fruits were cultivated were also determined. Soil organic matter and the soil pH were investigated in order to correlate with heavy metal contents in the bananas. The results also
implied a low degree of contamination in the plantation area. |
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| spelling | unimas-177342024-07-03T03:51:35Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17734/ The determination of heavy metals in bananas Chow,, Ow Wei QK Botany SB Plant culture The contents of eight heavy metals, which are arsenic, lead, copper, tin, zinc, mercury, cadmium and antimony, in 2 species of banana was determined using the Inductively Coupled Plasma - Atomic Emission Spectrometric method. Among the analysed species are Musa sp. cv. Embun and Musa sp. cv. Hotel. From the results, the levels of heavy metals were generally below the permissible levels of heavy metal as stipulated in the Food Act, 1983 (Act 281) and Malaysian Food Regulations, 1985. The results also indicated that the eoncentrations of tin in the fruits were significantly higher than other metallic elements. Heavy metal constituents in the soil where thE! fruits were cultivated were also determined. Soil organic matter and the soil pH were investigated in order to correlate with heavy metal contents in the bananas. The results also implied a low degree of contamination in the plantation area. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 1998 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17734/10/The%20determination%20of%20heavy%20metals%20in%20bananas%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Chow,, Ow Wei (1998) The determination of heavy metals in bananas. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | QK Botany SB Plant culture Chow,, Ow Wei The determination of heavy metals in bananas |
| title | The determination of heavy metals in bananas |
| title_full | The determination of heavy metals in bananas |
| title_fullStr | The determination of heavy metals in bananas |
| title_full_unstemmed | The determination of heavy metals in bananas |
| title_short | The determination of heavy metals in bananas |
| title_sort | determination of heavy metals in bananas |
| topic | QK Botany SB Plant culture |
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