Leaching of manganese, iron, copper and zinc from tea (camellia sinensis) in tea mugs

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2240-2247

  Ipeaiyeda, A R ^a   Dawodu, M O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b BOWEN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Elemental transfer; Heavy metal; Leaching; Tea mug

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 79957796986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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