title: Evaluation of trace element contents of some herbal plants and spices retailed in Kayseri, Turkey.
abstract: The trace element contents of seven kinds of herbal plants and spice samples retailed in local markets in Kayseri-Turkey were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after digestion with HNO(3)/H(2)O(2) mixture. The concentration ranges for the studied elements were found as 6.0-15.2, 0-32.2, 80.0-324.8, 8.1-386.3, and 13.1-36.2 μg/g for copper, nickel, iron, manganese, and zinc, respectively. The levels of cobalt, lead, and chromium ions in all the investigated samples were found to be below the detection limit of flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The results found in the present work were compared with values in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey. msoylak@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soylak
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cihan
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005504:Food Analysis; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D017365:Spices / Q000032:analysis*; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014131:Trace Elements