“…5 Currently, there is a great interest for the determination of a large number of essential macroelements, microelements and toxic elements in vegetables and fruits (tomato, asparagus, garlic, parsley, spinach, strawberry, cherry, grape, apples, etc.). [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Various analytical methods such as inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), 7,[21][22][23] inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), 24,25 flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), 13,18,26 electrothermal/graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS/GFAAS), 13,15,[27][28][29] thermal decomposition atomic absorption spectrometry (TDAAS), [30][31][32] cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CV-AFS), 33 X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), 25 proton induced X-ray emission spectrometry (PIXE) 34 and photochemical vapor generation capacitively coupled plasma microtorch optical emission spectrometry (UV-PVG-µCCP-OES) 19 were used for the determination of elements in vegetables and fruits. Until now, the ICP-OES is standardized method for the determination of selected elements in water, 35 while GFAAS for Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu, Fe, Cr and As in foodstuffs.…”