Mercury Content in Edible Part of Otolithes Ruber Marketed in Hamedan, Iran
In this research the level of mercury is analyzed in
muscle tissue of Otolithes ruber retailed in Hamedan, Iran were
determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after wet
digestion. Analysis of mercury was carried out by
spectrophotometrically. The average concentration of Hg in muscle
tissue of Otolithes ruber was 0.030±0.026 -g/g so lower than to
compare with the Maximum Allowable Concentration determined by
FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission.
[1] I.M. Adekunle, and M.F. Akinyemi, "Lead levels of certain consumer
products in Nigeria: A case study of smoked fish foods from Abeokuta,"
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2004, 42: 1463-1468.
[2] H. Agah, M. Leermakers, M. Elskens, S.M.R. Fatemi, and W. Baeyens,
"Accumulation of trace matals in the muscles and liver tissues of five
fish species from the Persian gulf," Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment, 2009, 157: 499-514.
[3] T. Agusa, T. Kunito, G. Yasunaga, H. Iwata, A. Subramanian, A. Ismail
, and S. Tanabe, "Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its
risk assessment in Malaysia," Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2005, 51(8-12):
896-911.
[4] V. Alibabić, N. Vah─ìić, and M. Bajramović, "Bioaccumulation of
Metals in Fish of Salmonidae Family and the Impact on Fish Meat
Quality," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2007, 131: 349-
364.
[5] O.A. Al-Khashman, "Determination of metal accumulation in deposited
street dusts in Amman, Jordan," Environmental Geochemistry and
Health, 2007, 29: 1-10.
[6] I. Al-Saleh, and I. Al-Doush, "Mercury Content in Shrimp and Fish
Species the Gulf Goastof Saudi Arabia," Bulletin of Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology, 2001, 68: 576-583.
[7] T.M. Ansari, S. Mahboob, T. Hanif, M. Arif, and A. Salam, "Dry ashing
or wet digestion? A comparative study for estimation of zinc and
calcium in freshwater fish samples by atomic absorption spectrometry,"
Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2005, 27: 90-94.
[8] W. Ashraf, "Accumulation of heavy metals in kidney and heart tissues
of Epinephelus Microdon fish from the Arabian Gulf," Environmental
Monitoring And Assessment, 2005,101: 311-316.
[9] M.J. Berry, and N.V.C. Ralston, "Mercury toxicity and the mitigating
role of selenium," EcoHealth, 2008, 5 (4): 456-459
[10] S. Bhattacharyya, P. Chaudhuri, S. Dutta, and S. Chandra Santra,
"Assessment of total mercury level in fish collected from East Calcutta
Wetlands and Titagarh sewage fed aquaculture in West Bengal, India,"
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2010, 84:
618-622.
[11] J. Burger and M. Gochfeld, "Heavy metals in commercial fish in New
Jersey," Environtal Research, 2005, 99: 403-41.
[12] U. Cevik, N. Damla, B. Koz, and S. Kaya, "Radiological
characterization around the afsin-elbistan coal-fired power plant in
Turkey. Energy & Fuels, 22(1), 428-432.
[13] O. Dalman, A. Demirak, and A. Balc─▒, "Determination of heavy metals
(Cd, Pb) and trace elements (Cu, Zn) in sediments and fish of
Southeastern Aegean Sea (Turkey) by atomic absorption spectrometry,"
Food Chemistry, 2006, 95: 157-162.
[14] A. Deshpande, S. Bhendigeri, T. Shirsekar, D. Dhaware, and R. N.
Khandekar, "Analysis of heavy metals in marine fish from Mumbai
Docks," Environal Monitoring and Assessment, 2009, 159: 493-500.
[15] M. Duran, Y. Kara, G.K. Akyildiz, and A. Ozdemir, "Antimony and
heavy metals accumulation in some macroinvertebrates in the
Yesilirmak River (N Turkey) near the Sb-mining area," Bulletin of
Environment Contamination and Toxicology, 2007, 78: 395-399.
[16] F. Emami Khansari, M. Ghazi-Khansari, and M. Abdollahi, "Heavy
metals content of canned tuna fish," Food Chemistry, 2005, 93: 293-296.
[17] G. Falco, J.M. Llobet, A. Bocio, and J.L. Domingo, " Daily intake of
arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead by consumption of edible marine
species," Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2006, 54: 61-62.
[18] Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and World
Health Organization (FAO/WHO, "Evaluation of certain food additives
and the contaminations mercury, lead and cadmium," WHO Technical
Report, Series No. 505, 1989.
[19] Food and Agriculture/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO),
"Evaluation of Certain Food Additives and the Contaminants Mercury,
Cadmium and Lead", WHO Technical Report Series No. 505, Geneva,
1972.
[20] F. Henry, R. Amara, L, Courcot, D. Lacouture, and M.L. Bertho,"
Heavy metals in four fish species from the French coast of the Eastern
English Channel and Southern Bight of North Sea," Environment
International, 2004, 30: 675-683.
[21] M. Humaira Khan, A. Jamaluddin and M. Iqbal Bhanger, "A Simple
Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Level Mercury Using 1,5-
Diphenylthiocarbazone Solubilized in Micelle," Analytical Sciences,
2005, 21: 507.
[22] N. Jayaraju, B.C.S.R. Reddy, and K.R. Reddy, "The response of benthic
foraminifera to various pollution sources: A study from Nellore Coast,
East Coast of India," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2008,
142 (1-3): 319-323.
[23] R.N. Khandekar, U.C. Mishra, and K.G. Vohra, "Environmental lead
exposure of anurban Indian population," The Science of the Total
Environment, 1984, 40: 269-278.
[24] C. Mico, M. Peris, J. Sanchez, and L. Recatala, "Heavy metal content of
agricultural soils in a Mediterranean semiarid area: The Segura River
Valley (Alicante, Spain)," Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research,
2006, 4: 363-372.
[25] I. Narin, M. Soylak, and M. Dogan, "Traffic pollution in Nigde-Turkiye:
Investigation of trace element contents of soil samples," Fresenius
Environmental Bulletin, 1997, 6: 749-752.
[26] Y. Ni, C. Huang, and S. Kokot, "Simultaneous determination of iron and
aluminium by differential kinetic spectrophotometric method and
chemometrics," Analytica Chimica Acta, 2007, 259(2): 209-218.
[27] R. Raghunath, R.M. Tripathi, R.N. Khandekar, and K.S.V. Nambi,
"Retention times of Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn in children-s blood," The Science
of the Total Environment, 1997, 207: 133-139.
[28] L.J. Raymond, and N.V.C. Ralston, "Mercury: Selenium interactions
and health implications," Seychelles Medical and Dental Journal, 2004,
7(1): 72-77.
[29] M. Rezayi, A.S. Esmaeli, and T. Valinasab, "Mercury and Selenium
Content in Otolithes ruber and Psettodes erumei from Khuzestan Shore,
Iran," Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2011,
86: 511-514.
[30] J. Ruelas-Inzunza, G. Meza-Lopez, and F. Paez-Osuna, "Mercury in fish
that are of dietary importance from the coasts of Sinaloa (SE Gulf of
California)," Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2008, 21(3):
211-218.
[31] A. Shokrollahi, M. Ghaedi, M.S. Niband, and H.R. Rajabi, " Selective
and sensitive spectrophotometric method for determination of submicro-
molar amounts of aluminium ion," Journal of Hazardous
Materials, 2007, 151(2-3): 642-648.
[32] K. Szentmihalyi, and M. Then, "Examination of microelements in
medicinal plants of the carpathian basin," Acta Alimentaria, 2007, 36:
231-236.
[33] A. Turkmen, M. Turkmen, Y. Tepe, and I. Akyurt, "Heavy metals in
three commertially valuable fish species from ─Éskenderun Bay, Northern
East Mediterranean Sea, Turkey," Food Chemistry, 2005, 91: 167-172.
[34] M, Tuzen, and M. Soylak, "Determination of trace metals in canned fish
marketed in Turkey," Food Chemistry, 2007, 101 (4): 1378-1382.
[35] R.B. Voegborlo, A.M. El-Methnani, and M.Z. Abedin, "Mercury,
cadmium and lead content of canned tuna fish," Food Chemistry, 1999,
67: 341-345.
[36] J.G. Wiener, and D.J. Spry, "Toxicologycal significance of mercury in
freshwater fish," p.297-339 in: Beyer WN, Heinz GH, Rdmon-Norwood
AW (eds.). Environmental Contamination in wildlife: Interpreting
Tissue Concentration.SETAC Special Publications Series.CRC Press,
Inc.Lewis Publisher.Boca Raton, FL. 1996.
[37] M.G. Yalcin, O. Aydin, and H. Elhatip, "Heavy metal contents and the
water quality of Karasu Creek in Nigde, Turkey," Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment, 2008, 137 (1-3): 169-178.
[38] Y. Yildirim, Z. Gonulalan, I. Narinand M. Soylak, "Evaluation of trace
heavy metal levels of some fish species sold at retail in Kayseri,
Turkey," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2009, 149: 223-
228.
[1] I.M. Adekunle, and M.F. Akinyemi, "Lead levels of certain consumer
products in Nigeria: A case study of smoked fish foods from Abeokuta,"
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2004, 42: 1463-1468.
[2] H. Agah, M. Leermakers, M. Elskens, S.M.R. Fatemi, and W. Baeyens,
"Accumulation of trace matals in the muscles and liver tissues of five
fish species from the Persian gulf," Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment, 2009, 157: 499-514.
[3] T. Agusa, T. Kunito, G. Yasunaga, H. Iwata, A. Subramanian, A. Ismail
, and S. Tanabe, "Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its
risk assessment in Malaysia," Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2005, 51(8-12):
896-911.
[4] V. Alibabić, N. Vah─ìić, and M. Bajramović, "Bioaccumulation of
Metals in Fish of Salmonidae Family and the Impact on Fish Meat
Quality," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2007, 131: 349-
364.
[5] O.A. Al-Khashman, "Determination of metal accumulation in deposited
street dusts in Amman, Jordan," Environmental Geochemistry and
Health, 2007, 29: 1-10.
[6] I. Al-Saleh, and I. Al-Doush, "Mercury Content in Shrimp and Fish
Species the Gulf Goastof Saudi Arabia," Bulletin of Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology, 2001, 68: 576-583.
[7] T.M. Ansari, S. Mahboob, T. Hanif, M. Arif, and A. Salam, "Dry ashing
or wet digestion? A comparative study for estimation of zinc and
calcium in freshwater fish samples by atomic absorption spectrometry,"
Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2005, 27: 90-94.
[8] W. Ashraf, "Accumulation of heavy metals in kidney and heart tissues
of Epinephelus Microdon fish from the Arabian Gulf," Environmental
Monitoring And Assessment, 2005,101: 311-316.
[9] M.J. Berry, and N.V.C. Ralston, "Mercury toxicity and the mitigating
role of selenium," EcoHealth, 2008, 5 (4): 456-459
[10] S. Bhattacharyya, P. Chaudhuri, S. Dutta, and S. Chandra Santra,
"Assessment of total mercury level in fish collected from East Calcutta
Wetlands and Titagarh sewage fed aquaculture in West Bengal, India,"
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2010, 84:
618-622.
[11] J. Burger and M. Gochfeld, "Heavy metals in commercial fish in New
Jersey," Environtal Research, 2005, 99: 403-41.
[12] U. Cevik, N. Damla, B. Koz, and S. Kaya, "Radiological
characterization around the afsin-elbistan coal-fired power plant in
Turkey. Energy & Fuels, 22(1), 428-432.
[13] O. Dalman, A. Demirak, and A. Balc─▒, "Determination of heavy metals
(Cd, Pb) and trace elements (Cu, Zn) in sediments and fish of
Southeastern Aegean Sea (Turkey) by atomic absorption spectrometry,"
Food Chemistry, 2006, 95: 157-162.
[14] A. Deshpande, S. Bhendigeri, T. Shirsekar, D. Dhaware, and R. N.
Khandekar, "Analysis of heavy metals in marine fish from Mumbai
Docks," Environal Monitoring and Assessment, 2009, 159: 493-500.
[15] M. Duran, Y. Kara, G.K. Akyildiz, and A. Ozdemir, "Antimony and
heavy metals accumulation in some macroinvertebrates in the
Yesilirmak River (N Turkey) near the Sb-mining area," Bulletin of
Environment Contamination and Toxicology, 2007, 78: 395-399.
[16] F. Emami Khansari, M. Ghazi-Khansari, and M. Abdollahi, "Heavy
metals content of canned tuna fish," Food Chemistry, 2005, 93: 293-296.
[17] G. Falco, J.M. Llobet, A. Bocio, and J.L. Domingo, " Daily intake of
arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead by consumption of edible marine
species," Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2006, 54: 61-62.
[18] Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and World
Health Organization (FAO/WHO, "Evaluation of certain food additives
and the contaminations mercury, lead and cadmium," WHO Technical
Report, Series No. 505, 1989.
[19] Food and Agriculture/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO),
"Evaluation of Certain Food Additives and the Contaminants Mercury,
Cadmium and Lead", WHO Technical Report Series No. 505, Geneva,
1972.
[20] F. Henry, R. Amara, L, Courcot, D. Lacouture, and M.L. Bertho,"
Heavy metals in four fish species from the French coast of the Eastern
English Channel and Southern Bight of North Sea," Environment
International, 2004, 30: 675-683.
[21] M. Humaira Khan, A. Jamaluddin and M. Iqbal Bhanger, "A Simple
Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Level Mercury Using 1,5-
Diphenylthiocarbazone Solubilized in Micelle," Analytical Sciences,
2005, 21: 507.
[22] N. Jayaraju, B.C.S.R. Reddy, and K.R. Reddy, "The response of benthic
foraminifera to various pollution sources: A study from Nellore Coast,
East Coast of India," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2008,
142 (1-3): 319-323.
[23] R.N. Khandekar, U.C. Mishra, and K.G. Vohra, "Environmental lead
exposure of anurban Indian population," The Science of the Total
Environment, 1984, 40: 269-278.
[24] C. Mico, M. Peris, J. Sanchez, and L. Recatala, "Heavy metal content of
agricultural soils in a Mediterranean semiarid area: The Segura River
Valley (Alicante, Spain)," Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research,
2006, 4: 363-372.
[25] I. Narin, M. Soylak, and M. Dogan, "Traffic pollution in Nigde-Turkiye:
Investigation of trace element contents of soil samples," Fresenius
Environmental Bulletin, 1997, 6: 749-752.
[26] Y. Ni, C. Huang, and S. Kokot, "Simultaneous determination of iron and
aluminium by differential kinetic spectrophotometric method and
chemometrics," Analytica Chimica Acta, 2007, 259(2): 209-218.
[27] R. Raghunath, R.M. Tripathi, R.N. Khandekar, and K.S.V. Nambi,
"Retention times of Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn in children-s blood," The Science
of the Total Environment, 1997, 207: 133-139.
[28] L.J. Raymond, and N.V.C. Ralston, "Mercury: Selenium interactions
and health implications," Seychelles Medical and Dental Journal, 2004,
7(1): 72-77.
[29] M. Rezayi, A.S. Esmaeli, and T. Valinasab, "Mercury and Selenium
Content in Otolithes ruber and Psettodes erumei from Khuzestan Shore,
Iran," Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2011,
86: 511-514.
[30] J. Ruelas-Inzunza, G. Meza-Lopez, and F. Paez-Osuna, "Mercury in fish
that are of dietary importance from the coasts of Sinaloa (SE Gulf of
California)," Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2008, 21(3):
211-218.
[31] A. Shokrollahi, M. Ghaedi, M.S. Niband, and H.R. Rajabi, " Selective
and sensitive spectrophotometric method for determination of submicro-
molar amounts of aluminium ion," Journal of Hazardous
Materials, 2007, 151(2-3): 642-648.
[32] K. Szentmihalyi, and M. Then, "Examination of microelements in
medicinal plants of the carpathian basin," Acta Alimentaria, 2007, 36:
231-236.
[33] A. Turkmen, M. Turkmen, Y. Tepe, and I. Akyurt, "Heavy metals in
three commertially valuable fish species from ─Éskenderun Bay, Northern
East Mediterranean Sea, Turkey," Food Chemistry, 2005, 91: 167-172.
[34] M, Tuzen, and M. Soylak, "Determination of trace metals in canned fish
marketed in Turkey," Food Chemistry, 2007, 101 (4): 1378-1382.
[35] R.B. Voegborlo, A.M. El-Methnani, and M.Z. Abedin, "Mercury,
cadmium and lead content of canned tuna fish," Food Chemistry, 1999,
67: 341-345.
[36] J.G. Wiener, and D.J. Spry, "Toxicologycal significance of mercury in
freshwater fish," p.297-339 in: Beyer WN, Heinz GH, Rdmon-Norwood
AW (eds.). Environmental Contamination in wildlife: Interpreting
Tissue Concentration.SETAC Special Publications Series.CRC Press,
Inc.Lewis Publisher.Boca Raton, FL. 1996.
[37] M.G. Yalcin, O. Aydin, and H. Elhatip, "Heavy metal contents and the
water quality of Karasu Creek in Nigde, Turkey," Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment, 2008, 137 (1-3): 169-178.
[38] Y. Yildirim, Z. Gonulalan, I. Narinand M. Soylak, "Evaluation of trace
heavy metal levels of some fish species sold at retail in Kayseri,
Turkey," Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2009, 149: 223-
228.
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muscle tissue of Otolithes ruber retailed in Hamedan, Iran were
determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after wet
digestion. Analysis of mercury was carried out by
spectrophotometrically. The average concentration of Hg in muscle
tissue of Otolithes ruber was 0.030±0.026 -g/g so lower than to
compare with the Maximum Allowable Concentration determined by
FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission.", keywords = "mercury, Otolithes ruber, edible part, Hamedan", volume = "5", number = "11", pages = "737-3", }
