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| | | Article Name : | | | Determination of metals (Cd and Pb) in potatoes and its commercially available product in Quetta | | Author Name : | | | Rishteena Wasay Khan, Attiq-Ur-Rehman Kakar, Naqeebullah, Samiullah | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | Potatoes are the tubers and belong to the Solanaceae family. After maize, wheat and rice, potato is the fourth most important food crop in consumption. Potato provides dietary fiber, carbohydrates, high quality proteins minerals and vitamins. The samples such as potatoes, potato chips, slanty, lays and lays wavy were collected from local market of Quetta. Cobalt and cadmium were analyzed by using atomic absorption spectrometer. The accumulation of both Cabolt and cadmium were found in all the samples analyzed. The cobalt concentration was detected in the range from 0.03 mg/L to 0.16 mg/L. While cadmium accumulation was found in the range from 0.01 mg/L to 0.1 mg/L. it is concluded that further research studies are required to study the effect of metals on health. | | Keywords : | | | Potatoes, products, cobalt, cadmium, atomic absorption spectrometer. |
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