Academia Journal of Agricultural Research 6(5):
018-025, May 2018
DOI: 10.15413/ajar.2017.IECCNA.19
ISSN: 2315-7739
2018 Academia Publishing
Abstract
Determination of Cd, Cu, Pb, Fe and Zn contents
in food commodities by using flame atomic
absorption spectroscopy in Al-Rass Governorate,
Saudi Arabia
Accepted 20th October, 2017
Ahmed S. Afify1,2*, Adel A. Abdalla1,3,
Bell Gamuhay1, Abd El-razek Mahmoud2,
Ahmad S. Abu- Khadra4, M. Hassan5,
M. Ataalla6 and Amr Mohamed7,8
1ADECO for Environmental
Consultations, 11321-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2Department of Applied Science and
Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. 3Central laboratory of Sohag Company
for water and waste water (SCWW/CL), Egypt. 4Department of Basic Sciences,
Faculty of Engineering Science, Sinai
university, Egypt. 5Department of Natural Science, Al-Obour
Institute of Engineering and Technology, Egypt. 6Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Badr University in
Cairo, Egypt. 7Department of Chemistry, Faculty of
Science, Taibah University, 41411-Al-Madinah,
Saudi. Arabia. 8The Higher Institute of Optics
Technology (HIOT), Heliopolis, 17361-Cairo,
Egypt.
Contamination of food with heavy metals caused
by the environmental pollution of air, water and
soil is a worldwide public health concern. The
concentrations of some heavy metals such as
copper, cadmium, lead, iron and zinc in food
commodities were determined using wet ashing
procedures, followed by flame atomic absorption
spectroscopy which allowed the detection of the
above mentioned elements present as traces. The
food samples were collected from the local
markets in Al-Rass Governorate, Al-Qassim
region, Saudi Arabia during the period from
first of February to end of May 2017. The
obtained results of the collected samples showed
that the concentrations of the studied heavy
metals are within the international standards of
the tolerated levels. The study concluded that
the highest contents of Cu, Fe, and Zn are in
the leafy vegetables. Beside, no potential
health hazards on the consumers of these types
of food has been reported.
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Cite this article as:
Afify AS, Abdalla AA, Gamuhay B, Mahmoud AE,
Abu-Khadra AS, Hassan M, Ataalla M, Mohamed A (2018).
Determination of Cd, Cu, Pb, Fe and Zn contents
in food commodities by using flame atomic
absorption spectroscopy in Al-Rass Governorate,
Saudi Arabia. Acad. J. Agric. Res.
6(5): 018-025.
