Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Trace Metal Contents of Mushroom Samples from Tokat, Turkey

• Published in: Analytical letters Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 1401 - 1410
• Main Authors: Tüzen, Mustafa, Turkekul, Ibrahim, Hasdemir, Erdoğan, Mendil, Durali, Sari, Hayati
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis Group 06.01.2003; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Analytical chemistry; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Biological and medical sciences; Chemistry; Digestion; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Mushroom samples; Non agrochemicals pollutants; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Pollution effects and side effects of agrochemicals on crop plants and forest trees. Other anthropogenic factors; Pollution effects. Side effects of agrochemicals; Spectrometric and optical methods; Tokat; Trace metals; Turkey; Asia; Turkey; Trace analysis; Chemical analysis; Ecotoxicology; Biological indicator; Digestion; Flame spectrometry; Heavy metal; Tokat; Mushroom samples; Multicomponent analysis; Sample preparation; Turkey; Trace metals; Acid digestion; Thermoelectric atomization; Chemical decomposition; Edible fungi; Quantitative analysis; Atomic absorption spectrometry
• ISSN: 0003-2719; 1532-236X
• DOI: 10.1081/AL-120021095

Six trace metals (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Pb, Cd) were determined in 12 different mushroom samples collected from polluted and unpolluted locations in Tokat, Turkey using flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after dry ashing, wet ashing and microwave digestion. The study of sample preparation procedures showed that the microwave digestion method was the best. The proposed method showed satisfactory recovery, detection limits and standard deviation for trace metals determination in mushroom samples. The results were in the ppm range 184-7560 (Fe), 12-181 (Cu), 16-122 (Mn), 18-403 (Zn), 0.75-7.77 (Pb), and 0.14-5.50 (Cd).