Assessment of cadmium, chrome and lead in Vaccinium corymbosum L. "blueberry" from a market and a supermarket

The objective of this study was to evaluate the determination of cadmium, chromium, and lead in Vaccinium corymbosum L. "blueberry", coming from a market and a supermarket located in the district of Chorrillos-Lima. Due to their condition, in the case of the market, the samples were collec...

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Autores: Villanueva, Meyli, Castro, Américo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/22523
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/farma/article/view/22523
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Vaccinium corymbosum L.
cadmium
chromium
lead
atomic absorption spectrophotometry
cadmio
cromo
plomo
espectrofotometría de absorción atómica
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Sumario:The objective of this study was to evaluate the determination of cadmium, chromium, and lead in Vaccinium corymbosum L. "blueberry", coming from a market and a supermarket located in the district of Chorrillos-Lima. Due to their condition, in the case of the market, the samples were collected from four points of sale, to obtain a representative sample. In the case of the Supermarket, the sample was unique. By means of the instrumental method of atomic absorption spectrophotometry, the quantification of the heavy metals of cadmium, chromium and lead was carried out, using the atomic absorption spectrophotometer equipment. Concentrations of <0.05 were determined; <0.05; 0.275 ug / gr in cadmium, chromium, and lead, respectively, in blueberries collected from a supermarket and concentrations of <0.05; 0.137; 0.288 ug / gr in cadmium, chromium and lead, respectively, in blueberries collected from a market. The results obtained show that there is a lower concentration of lead in blueberries collected from a supermarket. It is concluded that the concentrations of cadmium, chromium, and lead present in blueberries from a market and a supermarket in Chorrillos were lower than the values ​​established by the European Commission.