PMID- 37777082 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231106 LR - 20231106 IS - 1873-6351 (Electronic) IS - 0278-6915 (Linking) VI - 181 DP - 2023 Nov TI - Global review, meta-analysis and health risk assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in chicken kebab using Monte Carlo simulation method. PG - 114063 LID - S0278-6915(23)00465-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114063 [doi] AB - The primary concern with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) is their harmful effects on health, including the risk of causing cancer. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence and concentration of 16 priority PAHs (PAH16) in chicken kebabs using a systematic review approach with meta-analysis. Additionally, the study estimated the possible risk assessment of the potential carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic effects of PAHs on consumers of chicken kebabs using the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) method. The researchers collected data on the concentration of PAHs in chicken kebabs (grilled, smoked, roasted, or barbecued) from 99 original articles searched in the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases from 2012 to April 2022. The concentration of PAHs was then analyzed using meta-analysis, and the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) was used to evaluate the associated human health risks. The analysis showed that 68.6%, 21.1%, 7.1%, and 3.2% of chicken kebabs were prepared by grilling, smoking, barbecuing, and roasting, respectively. The meta-analysis and health risk assessment indicated that the mean values of HQ (hazard quotient) in Bap, Ace, Acy, Pyr, Flt, Flr, Nap, and Ant PAHs were 1.64, 1.38 x 10;(-2), 1.10 x 10;(-1), 1.09 x 10;(-1), 2.55 x 10;(-2), 1.60 x 10;(-1), 8.13 x 10;(-1), and 6.20 x 10;(-3), respectively. Additionally, the mean values of LTCR (Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk) in Bap, Ace, Acy, Pyr, Flt, Flr, Nap, and Ant were 4.85 x 10;(-10), 8.06 x 10;(-13), 6.65 x 10;(-12), 3.23 x 10;(-12), 1.01 x 10;(-12), 6.38 x 10;(-12), 1.62 x 10;(-11), and 6.20 x 10;(-3), respectively. The consumption of chicken kebabs prepared by barbecuing was found to be associated with an increased risk of cancer due to the formation of carcinogenic compounds, including benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). However, the non-cancer risk ratio of consuming grilled chicken other than BaP was found to be less than 1 (HQ < 1), indicating that there is no risk of carcinogenesis caused by PAHs from the consumption of chicken kebabs worldwide. The calculated values of the LTCR caused by PAHs in the consumption of chicken kebab throughout life were compared to the maximum acceptable risk value suggested by the EPA, which in the strictest case equals one cancer case per 10,000 people. The results indicate that there is no risk of carcinogenesis caused by PAHs due to the consumption of chicken kebab worldwide. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Mortezazadeh, Fatemeh AU - Mortezazadeh F AD - Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. FAU - Babanezhad, Esmaeil AU - Babanezhad E AD - Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. FAU - Niknejad, Hadi AU - Niknejad H AD - Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Gholami-Borujeni, Fathollah AU - Gholami-Borujeni F AD - Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Electronic address: gholami_b_f@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20230929 PL - England TA - Food Chem Toxicol JT - Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association JID - 8207483 RN - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) RN - 0 (Carcinogens) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - *Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/toxicity/analysis MH - Chickens MH - Monte Carlo Method MH - Risk Assessment MH - *Neoplasms/epidemiology MH - Carcinogens/toxicity/analysis MH - Carcinogenesis MH - Environmental Monitoring OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chicken kebabs OT - Iran OT - Meta-analysis OT - Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) OT - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) OT - Risk assessment COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Fathollah Gholami-Borujeni reports financial support was provided by Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. EDAT- 2023/10/01 04:44 MHDA- 2023/11/06 06:42 CRDT- 2023/09/30 19:16 PHST- 2023/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/06 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/01 04:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/30 19:16 [entrez] AID - S0278-6915(23)00465-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114063 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem Toxicol. 2023 Nov;181:114063. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114063. Epub 2023 Sep 29.