Toxic Trace Metals

Toxic Trace Metals

Over the last centuries a considerable increase of toxic elements such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury in the environment has been observed. Human activities and industrialization in particular have contributed to significant release of these naturally occurring elements, hence leading to an accumulation in the food chain. These elements can have adverse effects on organisms and lead to severe illnesses, organ malfunction and even death.

Analytik Jena offers diverse versatile techniques for the determination of toxic trace metals, allowing a reliable risk assessment and quality monitoring for food products.

Direct Analysis of Beer by HR ICP-OES

Direct Analysis of Beer by HR ICP-OES

Beer is traditionally brewed from water, malted barley and hop. Often yeast is added during the fermentation process. Other base ingredients such as rice, wheat or corn are also used to brew beers of a huge variety with a wide range of different tastes. Since the brewing ingredients affect the taste and quality of the final beer, their quality is of highest importance. Metal contamination originating from the raw materials or the brewing process itself can adversely affect the final quality of the beer.

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Determination of Arsenic Species in Beverages by HPLC-ICP-MS

Determination of Arsenic Species in Beverages by HPLC-ICP-MS

The species or chemical form of elements determines their mobility, bioavailability and toxicity. Liquid chromatography or ion chromatography allow a separation of these species. The subsequent detection by mass spectrometry provides a highly sensitive method for their quantification. Hence, LC-ICP-MS and IC-ICP-MS provide an essential tool for assessing benefits and/or risks of elements present in the sample.

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Determination of Macro and Trace Minerals as well as Toxic Trace Metals in Powdered Milk

Determination of Macro and Trace Minerals as well as Toxic Trace Metals in Powdered Milk

Powdered milk is a dairy product used in manufacturing of infant formula, chocolate and other sweets, baked goods or cheese, yoghurt and many others. This application note describes methods to determine macro and trace minerals as well as toxic trace metals in powdered milk to assure product quality and safety.

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Speciation of Arsenic in Rice by LC-ICP-MS on PlasmaQuant® MS Elite

Speciation of Arsenic in Rice by LC-ICP-MS on PlasmaQuant® MS Elite

Rice typically contains a high proportion of the highly toxic inorganic forms of arsenic, emphasizing the importance of arsenic speciation in the analysis of rice samples. The combination of excellent chromatography and the high sensitivity of the PlasmaQuant® MS Elite allows for sub parts per billion (<1 µg/kg) limits of detection for all measured arsenic species.

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Speciation of Arsenic in Apple Juice by LC-ICP-MS on PlasmaQuant® MS Elite

Speciation of Arsenic in Apple Juice by LC-ICP-MS on PlasmaQuant® MS Elite

Fruits can be highly polluted with arsenic today, due to the use of arsenic-based pesticides during the past century. The different physico-chemical forms of arsenic vary in terms of their mobility, toxicity and bioavailability and reporting only the total concentration can be misleading. The following experiment shows the sensitivity and detection capabilities of the PlasmaQuant® MS Elite for arsenic speciation in apple juice.

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Mercury in the Environment - Which technique is best for me?

Mercury in the Environment - Which technique is best for me?

Mercury is considered as one of the top ten chemicals of public health concern by the World Health Organization. Its toxic nature has resulted in the development of various techniques and instrumentation for measuring this life-threatening element.

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Impurities Analysis in Sunflower Oil by HR ICP-OES

Impurities Analysis in Sunflower Oil by HR ICP-OES

As a major constituent of food, sunflower oil is subject to many regulations concerning food safety. This application note describes a method for the reliable analysis of heavy metal impurities and macro minerals in sunflower oil from organic dilution exhibiting complex spectra due to solvent-related unspecific background signals.

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Elemental Analysis of Tomatoes by HR ICP-OES

Elemental Analysis of Tomatoes by HR ICP-OES

Aiming for lower detection limits of heavy metal impurities including Cobalt, Chromium, Molybdenum, Nickel and Vanadium a microwave-digested tomato sample was analyzed on PlasmaQuant® PQ 9000 Elite. It was further tested if matrix-elements like Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium and Potassium, elemental impurities as well as Iodine can be determined from the same sample...

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Toxic Trace Elements in Coffee Bean Products

Analysis of Toxic Trace Elements in Coffee Bean Products by HR ICP-OES

Samples of coffee powder and caffeine extracts have been analyzed for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni and Pb traces by HR ICP-OES.

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Analysis of Heavy Metals in Alcoholic Beverages by HR ICP-OES

Analysis of Heavy Metals in Alcoholic Beverages by HR ICP-OES

Alcoholic beverages are subject to strict quality control due to both health and tax implications. Beside methanol contents that are very harmful to consumers, it is elevated levels of toxic heavy elements like Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead that are often found in bootleg liquors. A commercial whisky sample was submitted to proof of principle analysis of toxic heavy metals.

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Impurity Analysis of Zinc Oxides Materials for Animal Feed by HR ICP-OES

Impurity Analysis of Zinc Oxides Materials for Animal Feed and Pharmaceuticals by HR ICP-OES

Hundreds of megatons of Zinc oxide are produced industrially every year, as the white metal oxide powder is used in numerous materials. For three Zinc oxides materials used in animal feed, as ceramic additive and as pharmaceutical precursor toxic impurities (Cd and Pb) and major constituents (including Cu, Fe, Mn, S) were determined.

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