scholarly journals Industrial-Scale Decontamination Procedure Effects on the Content of Acaricides, Heavy Metals and Antioxidant Capacity of Beeswax

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
María D. Navarro-Hortal ◽  
Francisco J. Orantes-Bermejo ◽  
Cristina Sánchez-González ◽  
Alfonso Varela-López ◽  
Francesca Giampieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Industrial Scale ◽  
Lipophilic Extract ◽  
Industrial Method ◽  
Ultra Trace

Beeswax is useful for the beekeeping sector but also for the agro-food, pharmaceutical or cosmetics sectors. Frequently, this bee product is contaminated with pesticides reducing its utility and causing the decline in its market. This study aimed to prove the effectiveness of an industrial-scale decontamination method in removing acaricides from beeswax. Chlorfenvinphos and coumaphos decrease was higher than 90%, whereas tau fluvalinate decrease was only 30%. No changes were observed in the beeswax content of hydrocarbons and monoesters, whereas a decrease in the concentrations of Ca, Fe, Zn, Hg, Mn and P, and an increase in the concentrations of As and Si were found after the decontamination. Filtration reduced total phenolics, flavonoids and the antioxidant capacity of the lipophilic extract. These results demonstrate that the industrial method used was as effective as the method previously tested on a laboratory scale. The study also contributes to a better knowledge and characterization of beeswax, specially related to trace and ultra-trace elements and antioxidant capacity. Moreover, it offers the chance to further develop a method to effectively detect wax adulterations based on the chemical elements profile.

A Comprehensive Review of Minerals, Trace Elements, and Heavy Metals in Saffron

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayyed Mohammad Ali Noori ◽  
Mohammad Hashemi ◽  
Sajjad Ghasemi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Absorption Spectrometry ◽  
Atomic Emission ◽  
Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

Abstract: Saffron is one of the most expensive spices in the world, and its popularity as a tasty food additive is spreading rapidly through many cultures and cuisines. Minerals and heavy metals are minor components found in saffron, which play a key role in the identification of the geographical origin, quality control, and food traceability, while they also affect human health. The chemical elements in saffron are measured using various analytical methods, such as techniques based on spectrometry or spectroscopy, including atomic emission spectrometry, atomic absorption spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The present study aimed to review the published articles about heavy metals and minerals in saffron across the world. To date, 64 chemical elements have been found in different types of saffron, which could be divided into three groups of macro-elements, trace elements, and heavy metals (trace elements with a lower gravity/greater than five times that of water and other inorganic sources). Furthermore, the chemical elements in the saffron samples of different countries have a wide range of concentrations. These differences may be affected by geographical condition such as physicochemical properties of the soil, weather and other environmental conditions like saffron cultivation and its genotype.

INFLUENCE OF TEHNOGENIC CONTAMINATION ON INDEXES OF THE STATE OF FREE-RADICAL OXIDIZATION AND MICRONUTRIENTN STATUS FOR WORKERS OF THE FILLINGS STATIONS, RESIDENTS OF KHMAO – YUGRA

2017 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
V.I. Korchin ◽  
Yu.S. Makaeva ◽  
T.Ya. Korchina ◽  
E.A. Shagina
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
The State ◽  
Toxic Chemical ◽  
Antioxidant Defence ◽  
Low Concentration ◽  
Cadmium Lead

Тhe analysis of metabolic violations and microelement disbalance is presented for the workers of the fillings stations on territory of KHMAO – Yugra. The expressed changes are set in the processes of oxidizing stress and antioxidant defence. In the hairs was registered the meaningful exceeding of concentration of toxic chemical elements (cadmium, lead) and iron possessing pro-oxidant properties on a background reliable to low concentration of the universal antagonist of heavy metals – by a calcium and trace elements possessing antioxidant activity (selenium, zinc) – in the organism.

scholarly journals The content of chosen chemical elements in wool of sheep of different origins and breeds

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Patkowska-Sokoła ◽  
Z. Dobrzański ◽  
K. Osman ◽  
R. Bodkowski ◽  
K. Zygadlik
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Different Origins ◽  
Sodium And Potassium ◽  
Sheep Wool ◽  
Awassi Breed

Abstract. The following chemical elements in sheep wool originating from Poland (Polish Mountain Sheep), Greece (Karagounico breed), and Syria (Awassi breed) were analysed: macroelements (Ca, P, Na, K, Mg, S), trace elements (Al, Ba, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Sr, Ti, Zn) and heavy metals (As, Cd Hg, Pb). Some statistically significant differences were observed between the content of the examined elements in sheep wool collected in the above countries. Sulphur, calcium, sodium and potassium were found in the highest amounts, while arsenic, cadmium and mercury occurred in the lowest quantity.

scholarly journals Potential Source of Heavy Metals in the Geophagic Clay (Marl) and Its Implication on Human Health in NE Iraq: A Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (2C) ◽  
pp. 80-87
Author(s):  
Abbas R. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Deficient Diet ◽  
Intentional Ingestion ◽  
Cu And Zn

Geophagy is the eating of non-food earthy matters practice (such as clay), which is performed especially in humans, to augment a scanty or mineral-deficient diet or as part of a cultural tradition. Geophagy, the intentional ingestion of clay or soil, is a prevalent practice among animals and humans, especially is more common in young ages, such as children and among pregnant women with a young age. In spite of some well documented cases, the motivations of this practice and its consequences on the status of health of the consumer are still unclear. This study focused on the source of heavy metals and its health impact because of the importance of the topic in the environmental hazards, especially as this addictive phenomenon may not be well known among families in our societies. During this study, twenty-four samples of marl were collected within the rock sequences of the Fatha Formation in the Kirkuk and Diyala, which are used in eating (mud eating disease) in these regions. The samples were subjected to laboratory studies including chemical analyses, to determine their contents of trace elements. The laboratory analytical data showed that these muds (marl) contain different concentrations of chemical elements such as (Co, Cr, Ni, Cu, and Zn) which are among the heavy toxic elements and harmful to human health. A close look at the analytical data and results of the statistical and environmental factors, it is found that the marl (geophagia) consumption in terms of its content of trace elements, poses health risks to the consumer. However, it is worth mentioning to say that Geophagia practice may contribute large levels of the most beneficial elements such as Ca, Fe, K, Na, Cu, and Zn, supplying in demand mineral nutrients in the human body.

Insulinomimetic properties of trace elements and characterization of their in vivo mode of action

Diabetes ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1243-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Rossetti ◽  
A. Giaccari ◽  
E. Klein-Robbenhaar ◽  
L. R. Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
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