Authors: Giuseppe Daniel Bua Ambrogina Albergamo Giovanni Annuario Vincenzo Zammuto Rosaria Costa Giacomo Dugo
Publish Date: 2016/10/11
Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: 1181-1190
Abstract
Microwaveassisted sample digestion and inductively coupled plasmamass spectrometry ICPMS were considered for exploring major and trace elements in the Mediterranean Sepia ink The present work aims to a fully validate the employed ICPMS method and compare the Hg determinations by ICPMS with those obtained by a direct mercury analyzer DMA and b interpret quantitative data by chemometrics and perform a risk/benefit analysis for assessing the quality/safety of Sepia ink DMA gave Hg determinations similar to the ICPMS counterpart p 005 confirming its reliability for food analysis Sepia ink demonstrated to be both a reservoir of “healthy” elements and a sink of potential toxic metals In fact a good contribution of major and essential trace metals to the established RDAs was revealed and at the same time potentially toxic elements showed to accumulate depending upon the environmental conditions although not representing a risk for human consumersGiuseppe Daniel Bua declares that he has no conflict of interest Ambrogina Albergamo declares that she has no conflict of interest Giovanni Annuario declares that he has no conflict of interest Vincenzo Zammuto declares that he has no conflict of interest Rosaria Costa declares that she has no conflict of interest Giacomo Dugo declares that he has no conflict of interest
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