Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul

The objective of this paper was to determine nitrate and nitrite anions in toasted fish skin tea, which the population of southern Rio Grande do Sul believes to have pharmacological properties for trating asthma. Two methods were compared, an official and one described by Guozhen et al., that has th...

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Main Authors: Bastos Ademir Larrea, Baisch Ana Luiza Muccilo, Soares Leonor Almeida de Souza, Burkert Janaína Fernandes de Medeiros, Furlong Eliana Badiale
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000500002
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author Bastos Ademir Larrea
Baisch Ana Luiza Muccilo
Soares Leonor Almeida de Souza
Burkert Janaína Fernandes de Medeiros
Furlong Eliana Badiale
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Baisch Ana Luiza Muccilo
Soares Leonor Almeida de Souza
Burkert Janaína Fernandes de Medeiros
Furlong Eliana Badiale
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description The objective of this paper was to determine nitrate and nitrite anions in toasted fish skin tea, which the population of southern Rio Grande do Sul believes to have pharmacological properties for trating asthma. Two methods were compared, an official and one described by Guozhen et al., that has the advantage of not needing reduction of nitrate to nitrite on a Cd column. The samples were the skin of the fish species Balistes capriscus (peixe porco) and Menticirrhus littoralis (papa-terra), both crude and toasted, as traditionally used. The method of Guozhen et al. was used due to its performance (detection limit 0.005 µmol/L NO3- and 0.02 µmol/L - NO2- and mean recuperation of 100 and 97% respectively for each anion) and results similar to those of the official methods under conditions used by the population, the estimated daily intake, of the teas is equivalent to 0.03 to 0.05 mg of nitrate and 0.007 to 0.014 mg of nitrite. These values are in accord with safety recommendations and don't represent a health risk.
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spelling doaj.art-68125aff537f41eaba995eb503fe11042022-12-22T03:43:23ZengSociedade Brasileira de QuímicaQuímica Nova0100-40421678-70642006-01-01295895900Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do SulBastos Ademir LarreaBaisch Ana Luiza MucciloSoares Leonor Almeida de SouzaBurkert Janaína Fernandes de MedeirosFurlong Eliana BadialeThe objective of this paper was to determine nitrate and nitrite anions in toasted fish skin tea, which the population of southern Rio Grande do Sul believes to have pharmacological properties for trating asthma. Two methods were compared, an official and one described by Guozhen et al., that has the advantage of not needing reduction of nitrate to nitrite on a Cd column. The samples were the skin of the fish species Balistes capriscus (peixe porco) and Menticirrhus littoralis (papa-terra), both crude and toasted, as traditionally used. The method of Guozhen et al. was used due to its performance (detection limit 0.005 µmol/L NO3- and 0.02 µmol/L - NO2- and mean recuperation of 100 and 97% respectively for each anion) and results similar to those of the official methods under conditions used by the population, the estimated daily intake, of the teas is equivalent to 0.03 to 0.05 mg of nitrate and 0.007 to 0.014 mg of nitrite. These values are in accord with safety recommendations and don't represent a health risk.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000500002nitratenitritefish skin
spellingShingle Bastos Ademir Larrea
Baisch Ana Luiza Muccilo
Soares Leonor Almeida de Souza
Burkert Janaína Fernandes de Medeiros
Furlong Eliana Badiale
Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul
Química Nova
nitrate
nitrite
fish skin
title Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul
title_full Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul
title_fullStr Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul
title_full_unstemmed Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul
title_short Determinação de nitrato e nitrito em chás de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma brônquica na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul
title_sort determinacao de nitrato e nitrito em chas de peles de pescados empregados para tratamento de asma bronquica na regiao sul do rio grande do sul
topic nitrate
nitrite
fish skin
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000500002
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