Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Dry Herbs: Source Identification, Quantification, and Health Risk Assessment
Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are amongst the most toxic compounds known to man. Several PAHs are proven to be carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic. Due to their wide distribution in the environment and their toxicity, it is considered important to monitor the levels of these compounds in foodstuffs.
PAHs have been detected in many food products including plant-based such as vegetable oils, cereal grains, herbs, spices, teas, and supplements1,2. As the awareness of the healthy lifestyle has increased globally, the intake of medicinal herbs such as teas and spices has also grown immensely. Therefore, an even bigger emphasis must be made to monitor the toxic levels of PAHs in herbs. The maximum concentrations of certain contaminants in food in the Republic of Serbia included PAHs values in dry herbs only by the end of 2019 ("Official Gazette / RS", No. 81/2019)3. Herein, were investigated the sources of PAHs contamination in dry herbs collected from the different parts of ...Serbia, its quantification and the potential health risk posed by their toxicity.
Keywords:
analytical chemistry / PAH / processing / pollutionSource:
Abstract Book - 26th Congress of Society Of Chemists And Technologists Of Macedonia (SCTM), 20-23 September 2023, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2023, 108-109Publisher:
- Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia
Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200026 (University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy - IChTM) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200026)
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IHTMTY - CONF AU - Trajković, Ivana AU - Sentić, Milica AU - Deršek-Timotić, Ivana AU - Cvetković, Slobodan AU - Onjia, Antonije PY - 2023 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6860 AB - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are amongst the most toxic compounds known to man. Several PAHs are proven to be carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic. Due to their wide distribution in the environment and their toxicity, it is considered important to monitor the levels of these compounds in foodstuffs. PAHs have been detected in many food products including plant-based such as vegetable oils, cereal grains, herbs, spices, teas, and supplements1,2. As the awareness of the healthy lifestyle has increased globally, the intake of medicinal herbs such as teas and spices has also grown immensely. Therefore, an even bigger emphasis must be made to monitor the toxic levels of PAHs in herbs. The maximum concentrations of certain contaminants in food in the Republic of Serbia included PAHs values in dry herbs only by the end of 2019 ("Official Gazette / RS", No. 81/2019)3. Herein, were investigated the sources of PAHs contamination in dry herbs collected from the different parts of Serbia, its quantification and the potential health risk posed by their toxicity. PB - Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia C3 - Abstract Book - 26th Congress of Society Of Chemists And Technologists Of Macedonia (SCTM), 20-23 September 2023, Ohrid, Macedonia T1 - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Dry Herbs: Source Identification, Quantification, and Health Risk Assessment SP - 108 EP - 109 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_6860 ER -
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Trajković, I., Sentić, M., Deršek-Timotić, I., Cvetković, S.,& Onjia, A.. (2023). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Dry Herbs: Source Identification, Quantification, and Health Risk Assessment. in Abstract Book - 26th Congress of Society Of Chemists And Technologists Of Macedonia (SCTM), 20-23 September 2023, Ohrid, Macedonia Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia., 108-109. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_6860
Trajković I, Sentić M, Deršek-Timotić I, Cvetković S, Onjia A. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Dry Herbs: Source Identification, Quantification, and Health Risk Assessment. in Abstract Book - 26th Congress of Society Of Chemists And Technologists Of Macedonia (SCTM), 20-23 September 2023, Ohrid, Macedonia. 2023;:108-109. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_6860 .
Trajković, Ivana, Sentić, Milica, Deršek-Timotić, Ivana, Cvetković, Slobodan, Onjia, Antonije, "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Dry Herbs: Source Identification, Quantification, and Health Risk Assessment" in Abstract Book - 26th Congress of Society Of Chemists And Technologists Of Macedonia (SCTM), 20-23 September 2023, Ohrid, Macedonia (2023):108-109, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_6860 .