Trace level voltammetric determination of heavy metals and total mercury in tea matrices (Camellia sinensis)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 901-907

  Melucci, Dora ^a   Locatelli, Marcello ^b   Locatelli, Clinio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food; Interference; Spectroscopy; Tea leaves; Toxic metals; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEAD; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE METAL; ZINC; TEA;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; APPLE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FOOD CHAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SPINACH; SQUARE WAVE ANODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; TEA; TOMATO; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MALUS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TEA;

EID: 84887535362     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.10.029     Document Type: Article

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