Determination of heavy metals in herbal teas marketed in Istanbul
MARMARA PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL, cilt.19, sa.2, ss.136-140, 2015 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.12991/mpj.20151910460
- Dergi Adı: MARMARA PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.136-140
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Herbal teas are being used pretty much in Turkey. Besides having a lot of beneficial speciality, teas carry heavy metals in their structure and heavy metal pollution increase with environmental pollution. In this study sage, rosemary, St. John’xxswort, linden, mint, thyme, chamomile, fennel, green tea, blueberries were used and lead and cadmium metals in this teas which were bought from herbalist, have been researched with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. According to the results, cadmium and lead concentrations in all dried samples have been found in the limits of Turkish Food Codex.