Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

ANALYSIS OF TOXIC METAL CONTENTS FROM VEGETABLES AND LEAFY VEGETABLES

Ch. V. R. L. Gayatri, Prof. E. Udaya Bhaskara Reddi

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:&#10;12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">The present work is carried out to assess the risk that is caused to humans due to intake of vegetables contaminated with heavy metals which are toxic at certain level owing to </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:&#10;12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">neurotoxic, carcinogenic effects. Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Co, Ni and Zn) in few leafy vegetables like amaranthus sps., spinach and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>sorrel leaves and vegetables like potato, tomato and injal from local markets was analyzed by using<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>atomic absorption spectrophotometer. It was found that spinach has the highest metal content of all the leafy vegetables and potato has highest content within all the selected vegetable species.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>