Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation Analysis
Seaweed products are widely consumed as food nowadays. Seaweeds are known to contain arsenic due to their capability to accumulate arsenic from the environment. Arsenic is a known toxic element which naturally occurs in the environment. Ingestion of high levels of arsenic will cause several adverse...
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Center for Development of Nuclear Informatics, National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN)
2013-04-01
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| author | N. Salim M. Santoso S. Damayanti T.G. Kartawinata |
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| description | Seaweed products are widely consumed as food nowadays. Seaweeds are known to contain arsenic due to their capability to accumulate arsenic from the environment. Arsenic is a known toxic element which naturally occurs in the environment. Ingestion of high levels of arsenic will cause several adverse health effects. Arsenic in food occurs at trace concentrations which require sensitive and selective analysis methods to perform elemental analysis on. Validated neutron activation analysis was used to determine the arsenic contents in seaweed products namely catoni from domestic product and nori from foreign products. The total arsenic concentration in the samples analyzed ranges from 0.79 mg/kg to 30.14 mg/kg with mean concentration 14.39 mg/kg. The estimated exposure to arsenic contributed by the analyzed products is from 0.07% up to 8.54% of the established provisional tolerable daily intake (PTDI) which is still far below the maximum tolerable level |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8679934b31f149db968e056efde526532022-12-22T01:45:30ZengCenter for Development of Nuclear Informatics, National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN)Atom Indonesia0126-15682013-04-013911318Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation AnalysisN. Salim0M. Santoso1S. Damayanti2T.G. Kartawinata3School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia and Jabatan Farmasi, Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Jl. Korma 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor, MalaysiaCenter for Nuclear Technology of Material and Radiometry, National Nuclear Energy Agency Jl. Tamansari 71, Bandung 40132, IndonesiaSchool of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia Seaweed products are widely consumed as food nowadays. Seaweeds are known to contain arsenic due to their capability to accumulate arsenic from the environment. Arsenic is a known toxic element which naturally occurs in the environment. Ingestion of high levels of arsenic will cause several adverse health effects. Arsenic in food occurs at trace concentrations which require sensitive and selective analysis methods to perform elemental analysis on. Validated neutron activation analysis was used to determine the arsenic contents in seaweed products namely catoni from domestic product and nori from foreign products. The total arsenic concentration in the samples analyzed ranges from 0.79 mg/kg to 30.14 mg/kg with mean concentration 14.39 mg/kg. The estimated exposure to arsenic contributed by the analyzed products is from 0.07% up to 8.54% of the established provisional tolerable daily intake (PTDI) which is still far below the maximum tolerable levelhttp://aij.batan.go.id/index.php/aij/article/view/218 |
| spellingShingle | N. Salim M. Santoso S. Damayanti T.G. Kartawinata Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation Analysis Atom Indonesia |
| title | Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation Analysis |
| title_full | Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation Analysis |
| title_short | Determination of Total Arsenic in Seaweed Products by Neutron Activation Analysis |
| title_sort | determination of total arsenic in seaweed products by neutron activation analysis |
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