Heavy metal health risk assessment in Cardisoma armatum Herklots, 1951 land crab tissues around Kribi mangrove areas, Cameroon

Assessment of cooking methods and freezing on the nutritional value and health risks of heavy metals in four fish species consumed in Douala, Cameroon

“…Our results are lower than those obtained by Ayanda et al [ 65 ] on O. niloticus (9.73 mg/kg) and the standard set by EU [ 74 ], which is 0.3 mg/kg of fresh fish. These results are lower than those obtained by Sabouang et al [ 82 ] on E. fimbriata (0.9 μg/g of wet weight) caught in Limbe, Cameroon and similar to those obtained by Ngo-Massou et al [ 83 ] on Cardisoma armatum (0.19 mg/kg) collected in the mangrove of Kribi, Cameroon. Lead affects the central and peripheral nervous systems, causes brain damage, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects on the developmental stages of the fetus [ 17 ] .…”