Heavy metal levels in leafy vegetables and some selected fruits

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-428

  Bagdatlioglu, Neriman ^a   Nergiz, Cevdet ^b   Ergonul, Pelin Gunc ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometer; Fruits; Heavy metals; Leafy vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MENTHA X PIPERITA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; PORTULACACEAE; SPINACIA OLERACEA; URTICA; VICIA FABA; VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 77956177277     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-010-0594-y     Document Type: Article

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