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Heavy metal contents of organically produced, harvested, and dried fruit samples from Kayseri, Turkey

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Organically produced, harvested, and dried fruit samples bought at organic markets in Kayseri, Turkey have been analyzed for their trace element contents. In the determinations, flame atomic absorption spectrometer (FAAS) was used. This pilot study is the first to be performed for organically produced, harvested, and dried fruit samples from Kayseri, Turkey. The copper, iron, manganese, and zinc concentrations were found to be 1.6–15.5, 10.3–144, 23.0–211, and 23.3–91.6 μg/g, respectively. The cobalt, lead, cadmium, chromium, and nickel concentrations in all analyzed organic fruit samples were below the quantification limits of FAAS. SRM 1570A spinach leaves and SRM 1515 apple leaves were used to check the accuracy of the procedure. The results for the dried fruit samples found in this work were compared with the values from some studies from the world. The results found in the presented work may also be useful for future studies about organically produced, harvested, and dried fruit samples.

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The authors thank the Unit of Scientific Research Projects at Erciyes University, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Soylak also would like to thank King Saud University for the Visiting Professor Program.

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    Mustafa Soylak, Zeynep Cihan & Erkan Yilmaz

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Soylak, M., Cihan, Z. & Yilmaz, E. Heavy metal contents of organically produced, harvested, and dried fruit samples from Kayseri, Turkey. Environ Monit Assess 185, 2577–2583 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2741-7

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