Levels of inorganic constituents in raw nuts and seeds on the Swedish market

Evaluation of Major and Trace Elements in Medicinal Plants

“…For this reported concentrations 37,38 vary from 2 to 45 mg kg Chromium(VI), which is a by-product of numerous industrial processes, is recognized as a carcinogen when inhaled and Cr III is the most stable oxidation state and, presumably, the form that is present in food supply, due to the presence of reducing substances. 39 The levels of Cr in our samples ranged from 0.5 to 256 mg kg -1 in the samples of Paulinia cupana and Aesculus hippocastanum, respectively: some samples showed higher values than those found in the literature, 33,40 which ranged from 0.012 to 115 mg kg - 37 and compared to our samples about half of the plants, in which this element was measured, contain higher levels of this element. A concentration of 53 µg kg -1 is registered for Hf in Anacardium occidentale and this value is much lower than that encountered in almost all the herbs here analyzed.…”

Mineral constituents of roasted cashew nuts (Anacardium occidentale L.) from Southeastern Nigeria

“…The overall mean Cu concentration of the present study (23±2 mg/kg) agreed with the reported values of 20, 19.1±0.1 and 21±20 mg/kg dm by Rodushkin et al [15]; Nascimento et al [17] and Preedy et al [18] respectively, but is greater than the value of 6.1±0.5 mg/kg dm reported by Naozuka et al [24]. Copper is essential for good health but very high intakes can cause adverse health problems such as liver and kidney damage [30].…”

“…The mean Fe concentration of this study was 69±6 mg/kg dm and this was close to the values reported in the literature which ranged from 53.3 to 67 mg/kg dm for cashew nuts [15,17,18,24] and from 22 to 37 mg/kg for Brazil nuts [15,18]. It is recognized that adequate iron in a diet is very imperative for diminishing the incidence of anemia [32].…”

“…Several studies have shown nuts to be a rich source of nutrients, mainly protein, fat, vitamins, as well as minerals such as P, K, Mg, Fe [15,16]. Consequently nuts have been recognized as important sources of some essential elements (e.g.…”

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Abstract : This paper presents the results of the determination of Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, and [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

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