Trace elements in 11 fruits widely-consumed in the USA as determined by neutron activation analysis.
Michenaud-Rague A., Robinson S., Landsberger S.
Author Affiliation: Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingenieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France.
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 291 : 237-240
Abstract : While there is a lot of information on the elemental content of food for nutritional and pollution studies, the analysis of fruits has received little attention. We have investigated 11 commonly eaten fruits for their trace and minor element constituents by neutron activations including thermal and epithermal neutron activation analysis. Our results revealed that both blueberries and strawberries had the most of top two highest elemental concentrations followed by raspberries, oranges and mango. Bananas, grapes, plums, apples, pears, and cherries had the fewest or none of the most elevated elemental concentrations.