Studies on the polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon content of carrots (Daucus carota)
A method was developed for analysing carrots ( Daucus carota) for 15 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Recovery of PAHs from carrot samples was high, generally in the range 80 – 100 %. Carrots appear to have highest ∑PAH concentrations in their peel, with a decreasing load moving into the ro...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Chemosphere (Oxford) 1991, Vol.23 (2), p.243-251 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A method was developed for analysing carrots (
Daucus carota) for 15 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Recovery of PAHs from carrot samples was high, generally in the range 80 – 100 %. Carrots appear to have highest ∑PAH concentrations in their peel, with a decreasing load moving into the root. ∑PAH concentrations are generally below 200 μg/kg (dry weight) with the low molecular weight PAHs being the most abundant. PAH content was found to differ with packaging, while boiling reduced the PAH content by ∼60%. In the UK the average annual consumption of PAHs associated with carrots is estimated to be ∼110
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ISSN: | 0045-6535 1879-1298 |
DOI: | 10.1016/0045-6535(91)90110-Y |