Determination of methylmercury in marine and freshwater fish in Ghana using a combined technique of dithizone extraction and gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture detection

Food Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1244-1248

  Voegborlo, R B ^a   Matsuyama, A ^b   Adimado, A A ^a   Akagi, H ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c International Mercury Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dithizone extraction; Electron capture detection; Fish; Gas liquid chromatography; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; COMBINED TECHNIQUES; DETECTION LIMITS; DITHIZONE; DITHIZONE EXTRACTION; EDIBLE MUSCLE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FISH SPECIES; FRESHWATER FISHES; GAS-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERAL POPULATION; MERCURY EXPOSURE; METHYL MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER BATHS; WET WEIGHT;

ELECTRONS; FISH; HEXANE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOLUENE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

DITHIZONE; METHYLMERCURY; SEA WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EXTRACTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FRESHWATER FISH; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GHANA; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SEA FOOD; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VALIDITY;

PISCES; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 77956616379     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.07.055     Document Type: Article

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