Khan, S, Ismail, A, Gong, YY orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-5526 et al. (2 more authors) (2018) Concentration of Aflatoxin M₁ and selected heavy metals in mother milk samples from Pakistan. Food Control, 91. pp. 344-348. ISSN 0956-7135
Abstract
Mother milk is the primary food source for neonates that if contaminated with certain toxic compounds may result in lifelong complications in the breastfeed infants. Present study was designed to evaluate the concentration of Aflatoxin M₁ (AFM₁) and the four most toxic heavy metals i.e. lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As) in mother milk samples. AFM₁ was found in the range of <0.001–0.044 μg/L and 6.4% mother milk samples were found above the EU permissible limit (0.025 μg/L). Pb and Cd concentrations were found above the normal ranges proposed by WHO while Hg was found slightly above the WHO proposed level.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Food Control. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Mother; Milk; Aflatoxin; Heavy metal; ELISA |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Food Science and Nutrition (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2018 10:02 |
Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2019 00:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.04.015 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129875 |