Would Aluminum and Nickel Content of Apricot Pose Health Risk to Human?

Abstract

Notulae Scientia Biologicae OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEMS Journal Help USER Username Password Remember me JOURNAL CONTENT Search Browse By Issue By Author By Title FONT SIZE Make font size smallerMake font size defaultMake font size larger ARTICLE TOOLS Print this article Indexing metadata How to cite item Supplementary files Finding References Review policy Email this article (Login required) Email the author (Login required) RELATED ITEMS Show all HOME ABOUT LOG IN REGISTER SEARCH CURRENT ARCHIVES ANNOUNCEMENTS Home > Vol 4, No 2 (2012) > DAVARYNEJAD Would Aluminum and Nickel Content of Apricot Pose Health Risk to Human? Gholamhossein DAVARYNEJAD, Safieh VATANDOOST, Hamed KAVEH, Tamas Peter NAGY Abstract Higher demands of food production for human consumption increased uses of fertilizers and other chemicals that arise in a major public problem and heavy-metal pollution. Levels of Aluminum and Nickel which affect mankind health in exact doses, were determined in fresh and dried samples of Jumbo Cot, Tom Cot, Gold Strike, Gold Bar, Bergeron, Bergarouge, Sweet Cot, Yellow cot and Zebra apricot cultivars to assess possible health risk of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) consumption. Highest content of Al and Ni among all cultivars, where 9.71 and 2.14 mg/kg of dehydrated apricot samples. Fresh fruit samples maximally contain 2.9 and 0.425 mg/kg of Aluminum and Nickel respectively. Data analysis showed significant differences between cultivars for Al and Ni. Furthermore, to reveal the health-risk possibility of dried and fresh fruit consumption daily intake of elements and health-risk index were calculated and compared.