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  • Title: Heavy metal content of potato chips and biscuits from Nagpur City, India.
    Author: Gopalani M, Shahare M, Ramteke DS, Wate SR.
    Journal: Bull Environ Contam Toxicol; 2007 Oct; 79(4):384-7. PubMed ID: 17713713.
    Abstract:
    Heavy metals composition of foods is of immense interest because of its essential or toxic nature. In view of this, we determined concentrations of select heavy metals from food items such as, potato chips and biscuits that were obtained from Nagpur City, India. The present study revealed preferred digestion method for different heavy metal recovery. The accumulation trend for Potato chips was in following order Fe > Al > Zn > Ni > Cu > Mn > Co > Cr > Pb and Cd, while for Biscuits it was Al > Fe > Zn > Ni > Mn > Co > Cr > Pb > Cu and Cd.
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