%0 Journal Article
%T Trace Elements Measurement in Apricot (prunus Armeniacal.) Seeds By Neutron Activation Analysis - Trace Elements Measurement in Apricot (prunus Armeniacal.) Seeds By Neutron Activation Analysis - Open Access Pub
%A A. Sarhil
%A M. Al-Bachir
%A Th. Al-Haddad
%J OAP | Home | Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedical Science | Open Access Pub
%D 2018
%X Plant food are main sources of elements in human nutrition diet and required for proper growth and body development. Present study involved analyzing the elemental profile attributes of apricot seeds in order to obtain a global pattern of apricot seeds. Trace element in seed of 8 apricot cultivars grown in Syria have been determined using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). Total of 28 elements namely Potassium (K), Magnesium (Mg), Calcium (Ca), Chlorine (Cl), Sodium (Na), Zinc (Zn), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Aluminum (Al), Manganese (Mn), Rubidium (Rb), Iodine (I), Bromine (Br), Cobalt (Co), Antimony (Sb), Molybdenum (Mo), Chromium (Cr), Mercury (Hg), Barium (Ba), Cadmium (Cd), Cerium (Ce), Lanthanum (La), Selenium (Se), Samarium (Sm), Strontium (Sr), Titanium (Ti), Uranium (U) and Vanadium (V) were determined. The elements present in the apricot seed samples were in the range of levels reported in the literature. The results show that the seed of apricot cultivars grown in Syria is rich in the essential macro and micro-nutrients that are of important in dietary point of view. DOI10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-18-1944 Plants food for human nutrition are the richest source compared to animal ones of many compounds like flavonoids, polyphenoles, polysaccharides, terpenoids, alkaloids, quinones, carotenoids, sterols, glucosinolates and other sulphur-containing compounds essential elements etc. 1, 2, 3. Plant foods are main sources of elements in human diet and are required for proper growth and body development 4, 5, 6. Elements may be classified from a dietary point of view as essential trace elements (macro or major elements); the possibly essential trace elements (micro elements); and the non-essential trace elements (ultra trace elements) which are toxic and non-toxic elements 5. The macro-elements are required in amounts greater than 100 mg/dl and the micro-elements are required in amounts less than 100 mg/dl 7. The ultra trace elements have been found in animals and are believed to be essential for animals 8. Humans need more than 22 elements; some of them are required in large amounts, but others are required in trace amounts because higher concentrations can be harmful 9. Required amounts of these elements must be in human diet to purpose a good healthy life 10. A number of trace elements protect the cell in the tissue from oxidative as these elements are the co-factor of antioxidant enzymes 11, 12. It is known that elements cannot be synthesized by the human body, and can only be obtained from the consumption of certain foods
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