Michaela Zeiner, Heidelore Fiedler, Iva Juranović Cindrić, Ivan Nemet, Doris Toma, Iva Habinovec
Different types of pepper ( Piper nigrum L.) and cayenne pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) are widely used spices that exhibit therapeutic properties in addition to nutritional properties. In order to characterize these foods in further detail, the content of macro- (Ca, K, Mg, Na) and microelements (Ag, Al, As, Ba, Be, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ga, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Rb, Se, Sr, Te, Tl, V and Zn) of four pepper types was determined via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after microwave-assisted digestion using nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide...
August 21, 2023: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)