Arsenic species in herbal tea leaves and infusions determination by HPLCICP- MS

A simple method for arsenic species As (III), As (V), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsonic acid (DMA) were investigated in 18 herbal tea leaves and their infusion by high performance liquid chromatography hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS). The pro...

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Autor: Milani, Raquel Fernanda; et. al.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL)
Repositorio:Repositório do Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:http://repositorio.ital.sp.gov.br:123456789/219
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.ital.sp.gov.br/jspui/handle/123456789/219
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arsenic species
Herbal tea
HPLC-ICP-MS
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Sumario:A simple method for arsenic species As (III), As (V), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsonic acid (DMA) were investigated in 18 herbal tea leaves and their infusion by high performance liquid chromatography hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS). The proposed method presented absence of interconversion between the arsenic species and high sensitivity, being limits of detection and quantification 11 and 38 μg L−1 for herbal tea leaves and 0.20 and 0.66 μg L−1 for their infusions, respectively. About 28% samples present total arsenic levels above Brazilian and MERCOSUR maximum limits (0.6 mg kg−1). The estimative of exposure to inorganic arsenic was made taking into account the benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL05) considering the daily ingestion of one cup of herbal tea (200 mL) for adults (70 kg) and children (20 kg). Although this estimative demonstrates low exposure for adults (2.9% of BMDL05), for children, however, the daily consumption of a single cup of herbal tea can reach 10.3% of BMDL05 for inorganic arsenic.