Lead contamination in different varieties of tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) and factors affecting lead bioavailability

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1501-1507

  Chen, Yingxu ^a,b   Xu, Jie ^b,c   Yu, Mingge ^b,d   Chen, Xincai ^b   Shi, Jiyan ^a,b  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIAXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHAOGUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lead; Sequential extractions; Soil pH; Tea plant varieties

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SOIL; TEA;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHINA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; PLANT STRUCTURES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 77954379647     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3974     Document Type: Article

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