Principal Component Analysis of Trace Elements in Serbian Wheat

Trace elements (Cu, Fe, Pb, Hg, Cd, As, Mn, Zn) were analyzed quantitatively in 14 wheat samples collected from fields in all Serbian growing regions, harvested in 2002. Microelements were determined according to an atomic absorption spectrophotometric method. Principal component analyses (PCA) were...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2005-03, Vol.53 (6), p.2171-2175
Hauptverfasser: Škrbić, Biljana, Đurišić-Mladenović, Nataša, Cvejanov, Jelena
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Zusammenfassung:Trace elements (Cu, Fe, Pb, Hg, Cd, As, Mn, Zn) were analyzed quantitatively in 14 wheat samples collected from fields in all Serbian growing regions, harvested in 2002. Microelements were determined according to an atomic absorption spectrophotometric method. Principal component analyses (PCA) were performed on data matrices consisting of contents of trace elements in wheats (columns) and all Serbian wheat-growing regions (rows). It was found that four principal components account for 87.2% of the total variance in the data. The plot of component loadings showed significant groupings for concentration of some microelements. The component scores indicated the similarities among the Serbian wheat-growing regions. The loading plot reveals that there is no need to measure all of the variables to achieve the same classification. It is enough to measure one variable per group. Naturally, this conclusion is valid only within the limits of the present study of wheat grain samples from different parts of Serbia. Keywords: Trace elements; wheat; principal component analysis
ISSN:0021-8561
1520-5118
DOI:10.1021/jf0402577