title: Statistical Analysis of Mineral Concentration for the Geographic Identification of Garlic Samples from Sicily (Italy), Tunisia and Spain.
abstract: We performed a statistical analysis of the concentration of mineral elements, by means of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), in different varieties of garlic from Spain, Tunisia, and Italy. Nubia Red Garlic (Sicily) is one of the most known Italian varieties that belongs to traditional Italian food products (P.A.T.) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The obtained results suggest that the concentrations of the considered elements may serve as geographical indicators for the discrimination of the origin of the different samples. In particular, we found a relatively high content of Selenium in the garlic variety known as Nubia red garlic, and, indeed, it could be used as an anticarcinogenic agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. rvadala@unime.it.
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vadalà
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. amottese@unime.it.
authors.forename: Antonio F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mottese
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. gbua@unime.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppe D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Bua
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. asalvo@unime.it.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. mallamaced@unime.it.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mallamace
authors.affiliation: IPCF- CNR of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 37, Messina 98158, Italy. ccorsaro@unime.it.|MIFT Department Physics Section, University of Messina, Viale F. S. d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. ccorsaro@unime.it.
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corsaro
authors.affiliation: MIFT Department Physics Section, University of Messina, Viale F. S. d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. vasis@unime.it.
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental, University of Messina, Via SS. Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy. sgiofre@unime.it.
authors.forename: Salvatore V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Giofrè
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. malfa@unime.it.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alfa
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. ncicero@unime.it.|Science4life srl, Academic Spin-off, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. ncicero@unime.it.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cicero
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. dugog@unime.it.|Science4life srl, Academic Spin-off, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, Messina 98166, Italy. dugog@unime.it.
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dugo
keywords: ICP-MS; Nubia Red Garlic; PCA; anticarcinogenesis; geographic origin; multi-element profile