Uptake of heavy metals by vegetable plants grown on contaminated soil and their bioavailability in the human gastrointestinal tract

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-48

  Intawongse, Marisa ^a   Dean, John R ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Carrot; Cd; Cu; Heavy metals; In vitro gastrointestinal extraction; Lettuce; Mn; Pb and Zn; Plant uptake; Radish; Soil plant transfer factor; Spinach

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRANSFER FACTOR; ZINC;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ACCURACY; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARROT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GREENHOUSE; HARVESTING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADISH; REFERENCE VALUE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPINACH; VEGETABLE;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

DAUCUS CAROTA; LACTUCA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 30844438079     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500387554     Document Type: Article

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