A comparative assessment of metals and phthalates in commercial tea infusions: A starting point to evaluate their tolerance limits.
Black tea
Camellia sinensis
Green tea
Heavy metals
Phthalates
Journal
Food chemistry
ISSN: 1873-7072
Titre abrégé: Food Chem
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7702639
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Aug 2019
01 Aug 2019
Historique:
received:
11
10
2018
revised:
21
02
2019
accepted:
26
02
2019
entrez:
24
3
2019
pubmed:
25
3
2019
medline:
23
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Tea is one of the most consumed beverages in the word. Here we report the concentrations of metals and phthalates in 32 commercial tea packages. The data were used to estimate the average daily intake of metals and phthalates, and associated Hazard Quotients (HQ) were calculated in order to determine risk of non-cancerous health effects for adults consuming tea on a daily basis. Tea samples were chosen based on the sales network, the price, the marketing quality and the presence of filters in the packages. Relatively high median concentrations of Al (5240 µg/L), Ni (44 µg/L), and Mn (2919 µg/L) were detected. No metals or phthalates quantified in the tea infusions and soluble tea showed an HQ greater than 1, indicating no risk of non-cancerous health effects. The data presented herein may serve as a starting point to evaluate tolerance limits of metals and phthalate in the tea infusion.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30902281
pii: S0308-8146(19)30447-9
doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.02.115
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Metals
0
Phthalic Acids
0
Tea
0
phthalic acid
6O7F7IX66E
Types de publication
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
193-200Informations de copyright
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