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Provedor de dados: 	36	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Brazil nuts: determination of natural elements and aflatoxin	
Autores: 	Martins,Maristela; Pacheco,Ariane Mendonça; Lucas,Ana Cyra Santos; Andrello,Avacir Casanova; Appoloni,Carlos Roberto; Xavier,Jose Junior Mendonça.	
Data: 	2012-03-01	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	Radioactivity; Selenium; Bertholletia excelsa.	
Resumo: 	A study was carried out to evaluate the association of levels of radioactivity, selenium and aflatoxin in shelled Brazil nuts, which were classified in different sizes, for export. The selenium determinations were performed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (LOQ = 3.0 µg g-1), and aflatoxins were detected by Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LOQ = 0.85 µg kg-1), recovery rates were between 92 and 100%. Radioactivity was measured by high-resolution gamma spectrometry. The selenium mean concentration was (22.7 ± 7.4) µg g-1. (n = 30). Mean activities determined for the following radium isotopes were: 15.77 Bq kg-1 for 224Ra, 104.8 Bq kg-1 for 226Ra and 99.48 Bq kg-1 for 228Ra. For 226Ra, the levels did not vary significantly with nut sizes, although such differences were observed for 224Ra and 228Ra. There was no statistically significant association between the level of selenium and the activity of radionuclides, however, there was correlation between the radionuclides. Aflatoxins above the quantification limit were not found.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672012000100018	
Editor: 	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0044-59672012000100018	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Acta Amazonica  v.42 n.1 2012	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess