title: Trace element content in marine algae species from the Black Sea, Turkey.
abstract: Trace element content of marine algae species collected from the Black Sea coasts were determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy after microwave digestion. Trace element content in marine algae species were 1.70-17.1 microg/g for copper, 3.64-64.8 microg/g for zinc, 9.98-285 microg/g for manganese, 99-3,949 microg/g for iron, 0.50-11.6 microg/g for chromium, 0.27-36.2 microg/g for nickel, 11-694 microg/kg for selenium, 0.50-44.6 microg/kg for cadmium, 1.54-3,969 microg/kg for lead, 1.56-81.9 microg/kg for cobalt. While iron was the highest trace element concentration, cadmium was the lowest in samples. Most of the analyzed samples were edible. The samples are consumed for human diet in several countries.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, Gaziosmanpaşa University, 60250, Tokat, Turkey. mtuzen@gop.edu.tr
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Tuzen
authors: Bulent
authors: B
authors: Verep
authors: A Omur
authors: AO
authors: Ogretmen
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Soylak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000737:chemistry*; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D008872:Microwaves; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy