Total and inorganic arsenic concentrations in different species of economically important algae harvested from coastal zones of Chile

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 744-749

  Díaz, Oscar ^a   Tapia, Yasna ^a   Muñoz, Ociel ^b   Montoro, Rosa ^c   Velez, Dinoraz ^c   Almela, Concepción ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic regulations; Food safety; Organoarsenicals; Phytocolloids; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GIGARTINA SKOTTSBERGII; GRACILARIA CHILENSIS; MACROCYSTIS PIRYFERA; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRA COLUMBINA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ARSENIC; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; SEAWEED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; GIGARTINA SKOTTSBERGII; GRACILARIA CHILENSIS; MACROCYSTIS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PORPHYRA COLUMBINA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84856473461     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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