PMID- 26261712
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150811
LR  - 20200929
IS  - 2008-8140 (Print)
IS  - 2322-3618 (Electronic)
IS  - 2008-8140 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 Spring
TI  - Determination of hazardous substances in food basket eggs in Tehran, Iran: A 
      preliminary study.
PG  - 155-9
AB  - Extensive distribution of hazardous substances in food chain and the deleterious 
      effect of their residues on public health are a great concern of the society. 
      Chicken eggs, as one of the most popular food commodities, in different parts of 
      Tehran (Iran) were analyzed for two groups of hazardous substances including some 
      organochlorine pesticides (OC) such as aldrin, lindane, dieldrin, 
      dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, heptachlor and endusulfan) and heavy metals 
      namely mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), nickel 
      (Ni) and chromium (Cr). Gas chromatography- electron capture detector, 
      hydride-generation atomic absorption spectrometry, cold- vapor atomic absorption 
      spectrometry and conductively coupled plasma atomic optical spectrometry were 
      used to determine the levels of OCs, As, Hg and the others, respectively. For 
      OCs, the results revealed none of the levels were more than maximum residues 
      levels (MRLs), but three of them (Aldrin, lindane and endusulphan) were 
      detectable. Moreover, 100% of 50 eggs had heavy metals with levels higher than 
      limit of detection of the procedure. The levels of Pb and Hg in all eggs and Cd 
      in 47% of samples were more than MRLs. It seems that the regular national 
      monitoring of egg producing chain specially the quality of chicken feed should be 
      taken into account seriously in order to safeguard public general health.
FAU - Salar-Amoli, Jamileh
AU  - Salar-Amoli J
AD  - Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of 
      Tehran, Tehran, Iran and Toxicology and animal Poisoning Research Center, 
      University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Ali-Esfahani, Tahereh
AU  - Ali-Esfahani T
AD  - Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of 
      Tehran, Tehran, Iran and Toxicology and animal Poisoning Research Center, 
      University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150615
PL  - Iran
TA  - Vet Res Forum
JT  - Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal
JID - 101625812
PMC - PMC4522530
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Food safety
OT  - Heavy metals
OT  - Organocholorine pesticides
EDAT- 2015/08/12 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/12 06:01
PMCR- 2015/03/01
CRDT- 2015/08/12 06:00
PHST- 2014/01/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/02/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/08/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/08/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - vrf-6-155 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vet Res Forum. 2015 Spring;6(2):155-9. Epub 2015 Jun 15.