Mineral and heavy metal contents of some animal livers

The mineral and heavy metal contents of beef, chicken, goat, quail, sheep and five different ducks livers were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The P contents of livers ranged from 8172.87 mg/Kg (Civil) to 10051.46 mg/kg (goat). In addition, K contents of liver samples were found between 7848.39 mg/Kg (Ka？？kc？) and 10404.48 mg/kg (chicken). While Ca contents of livers change between 117.46 mg/kg (goat) and 316.78 mg/kg (quail), Mg content varied between 475.69 mg/kg (beef) and 769.32 mg/kg (chicken). This study showed that quail liver contained the highest concentrations of iron (413.41 mg/Kg), followed by chicken (363.88 mg/Kg), goat (138.47 mg/Kg), sheep (114.40 mg/Kg) and beef (102.20 mg/Kg). In addition,Zn contents of samples varied between 49.69 mg/Kg (quail) and 104.20 mg/Kg (Civil). While Fe contents of livers range from 669.12 mg/Kg (Civil) to 3808.90 mg/Kg (K？l), Na contents were found between 3142.2 mg/Kg (Ye？il) to 4756.8 mg/Kg (K？l). Cu contents of livers were established between 16.48 mg/Kg (K？l) and 72.73 mg/Kg (Civil). There were significant differences in mineral contents of liver types (p<0.05). In this study, investigated animal livers can be used as supplement for good personal health