Assessment in Terms of Human Health Some Heavy Metals Concentrations Determined in Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) and Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) Marketed in Sinop (Turkey)
Abstract
Mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) levels in European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) and gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 that are commercially sold on the Sinop fish markets were appraised. Selected heavy metals were assayed in edible tissues of the sampled fish, using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results are expressed in mg (kg wet wt.) -1. In both fish species, Cu was detected in higher concentrations, followed by Cu. The means of metal concentrations in D. labrax were 0.03±0.008 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Hg; 0.009±0.001 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Cd; 0.06±0.02 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Pb; 0.42±0.09 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Cu and 9.2±3.1 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Zn. Whereas the means of metal concentrations in S. aurata were 0.02±0.006 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Hg; 0.01±0.009 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Cd; 0.04±0.011 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Pb; 0.69±0.11 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Cu and 8.5±2.3 mg (kg wet wt.) -1 for Zn. None of the metals in European sea bass and gilthead sea bream were not above the permissible values.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
LEVENT Bat
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Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology
Türkiye
Ayşah Öztekin
Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology
Türkiye
Elif Arıcı
Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 30, 2018
Submission Date
November 27, 2017
Acceptance Date
January 10, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 33 Number: 1