Fawad Zaman, Wajid Ali Khattak, Muhammad Ihtisham, Muhammad Ilyas, Ahmad Ali, Abbas Ali, Haroon Khan, Khalid Ali Khan, Dejiang Ni, Hua Zhao, Fu-Sheng Chen
The risk assessment of heavy metals in tea is extremely imperative for the health of tea consumers. However, the effects of varietal variations and seasonal fluctuations on heavy metals and minerals in tea plants remain unclear. Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) was used to evaluate the contents of aluminum (Al), manganese (Mn), magnesium (Mg), boron (B), calcium (Ca), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), sodium (Na), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and antimony (Sb) in the two categories of young leaves (YL) and mature leaves (ML) of tea (Camellia sinensis) cultivars throughout the growing seasons...
March 15, 2024: Food and Chemical Toxicology