Some trace elements in front and rear dorsal ordinary muscles of wild and farmed bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L. 1758) in the Turkish part of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1006-1010

  Percin, Fatih ^a   Sogut, Ozlem ^a   Altinelataman, Can ^a   Soylak, Mustafa ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Farmed; Muscle; Trace elements; Turkey; Wild

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLUEFIN TUNA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SPRING; SUMMER; TUNA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WILD VERSUS DOMESTICATED SPECIES;

ANIMALS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNA;

SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 79952442728     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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