Determination of heavy metals in the soils of tea plantations and in fresh and processed tea leaves: An evaluation of six digestion methods

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rashid, Md Harunur ^a   Fardous, Zeenath ^b   Chowdhury, M Alamgir Zaman ^a   Alam, Md Khorshed ^a   Bari, Md Latiful ^b   Moniruzzaman, Mohammed ^c   Gan, Siew Hua ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND RADIATION BIOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Black tea; Dry ashing; Fresh tea; GF AAS; Heavy metals; Hydrogen peroxide; Nitric acid; Perchloric acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960943450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13065-016-0154-3     Document Type: Article

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