Monitoring of Contaminants in some Herbal Baby Drinks
Abstract: Twenty six samples of the herbal baby drinks were collected from different pharmacies in Great Cairo during the year 2004. The samples were subjected to pesticides, heavy metals, and nitrates analysis. The results illustrated that no samples were naturally contaminated with organochlorine, organophosphorous, organonitrogin or pyrethroid pesticide residues. Results revealed that 42.3 % of the total number of analyzed samples were free from nitrates. However, 57.7 % of the samples were contaminated with nitrates. The detected concentration ranged from 8.5 to 120.9 mg/kg. the data also demonstrated that 88.5 % of the samples were contaminated with at least one of three detected elements. In heavy metals analysis, results showed that Pb showed the highest contamination percentage in the samples, followed by Cd, and the least contaminant detected was Cu. It was, also found that 76.9 % of the total number of samples analyzed were contaminated with lead elements, of which 10 % exceeding the maximum residue levels established for Pb (0.3 mg/kg), where the concentration levels of Pb detected in the samples ranged from (0.04 to 0.89 mg/kg),. However the cadmium detected in 69.2 % of the total number of samples analyzed, without any exceeding to maximum residue limits MRL’s established by CODEX (0.3 mg/ kg). the concentration range of Cd in contaminated samples was from 0.002 to 0.06 mg / kg. Copper was the latest significant contaminated, where it was detected in 46.2 % of the samples which 4.2 % were exceeding the limit established for Cu (10 mg/kg). the detected concentration levels ranged from (0.1 – 16.7 mg / kg).
Publication year 2005
Availability location 7 شارع نادى الصيد - ا لدقى - الجيزة(المعمل المركزى لتحليل متبقيات المبيدات والعناصر الثقيلة فى الأغذية)
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Organization Name
serial title J. Adv. Agric. Res(fac. Agric. Saba Basha)
Department Pesticides Residue Analysis
Author(s) from ARC
External authors (outside ARC)
    S.M.Fahmy National Orgnization for Drug And Research center
Agris Categories Diet and diet-related diseases
Proposed Agrovoc Pesticide residues in food;
Publication Type Journal
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