%0 Journal Article
%T Would Aluminum and Nickel Content of Apricot Pose Health Risk to Human?
%A Gholamhossein DAVARYNEJAD
%A Safieh VATANDOOST
%A Hamed KAVEH
%A Tamas Peter NAGY
%J Notulae Scientia Biologicae
%D 2012
%I University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca
%X 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.
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