Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterparts

Katarzyna Slepecka; Klaudia Kalwa; Jakub Wyrostek; Urszula Pankiewicz

doi:10.1515/cipms-2017-0027

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Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterparts

Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Volume 30 (2017): Issue 3 (December 2017)

By: Katarzyna Slepecka, Klaudia Kalwa, Jakub Wyrostek and Urszula Pankiewicz

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|Dec 2017

Abstract

In the everyday human diet, cereal products are considered to be basics. Such food should have healthy properties and not contain harmful additives, especially heavy metals as exposure to low doses of such xenobiotics can adversely affect human health. Ecological farming is the answer to consumer expectations regarding food safety, and ecological products are recommended as a basis for proper nutrition, despite the higher cost of their purchase. The present study was carried out to evaluate the content of heavy metals in ecological cereal products and their non-ecological analogues.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2017-0027 | Journal eISSN: 2300-6676 | Journal ISSN: 2084-980X

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Language: English

Page range: 147 - 150

Submitted on: Sep 7, 2017

Accepted on: Oct 5, 2017

Published online: Dec 29, 2017

Published in print: Sep 26, 2017

Published by: Sciendo

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Keywords:

cereal products,

heavy metals,

ecological and non-ecological products

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Pharmacology, toxicology

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