Determination of trace elements in soil and plants in the Orontes basin of Syria by using instrumental neutron activation analysis

Kassem, Abdallah; Sarheel, A.; Alsomel, N.

doi:10.1007/s10967-005-0475-5

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“…2, the measured concentrations of As were higher than the calculated levels indicating that the concentrations of As in Peninsular Malaysia were enriched with As. EF of soils ranging from 0.6 to 31.2 had been reported in the Orontes River basin of Syria (Kassem et al 2004). The trend was similar with Peninsular Malaysia in that different nearby activities affected the level of enrichment.…”

Section: As In Soil Samplessupporting

confidence: 71%

“…Currently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged C. asiatica as one of the most important medicinal plant species to be conserved. The major route for entering of toxic elements into living organisms is via the food chain which is also considered very serious for the biology and health of man and animals (Kassem et al 2004). According to Lee et al (1991), none of the local vegetable samples showed levels greater than 2.00 μg/g dw of As in Malaysia.…”

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An investigation of arsenic contamination in Peninsular Malaysia based on Centella asiatica and soil samples

Ong

Yap

Mahmood

et al. 2012

Environ Monit Assess

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The first objective of this study was to provide data of arsenic (As) levels in Peninsular Malaysia based on soil samples and accumulation of As in Centella asiatica collected from 12 sampling sites in Peninsular Malaysia. The second objective was to assess the accumulation of As in transplanted C. asiatica between control and semi-polluted or polluted sites. Four sites were selected which were UPM (clean site), Balakong (semi-polluted site), Seri Kembangan (semi-polluted site) and Juru (polluted site). The As concentrations of plant and soil samples were determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis. The As levels ranged from 9.38 to 57.05 μg/g dw in soils, 0.21 to 4.33 μg/g dw in leaves, 0.18 to 1.83 μg/g dw in stems and 1.32-20.76 μg/g dw in roots. All sampling sites had As levels exceeding the CCME guideline (12 μg/g dw) except for Kelantan, P. Pauh, and Senawang with P. Klang having the highest As in soil (57.05 μg/g dw). In C. asiatica, As accumulation was highest in roots followed by leaves and stems. When the As level in soils were higher, the uptake of As in plants would also be increased. After the transplantation of plants to semi-polluted and polluted sites for 3 weeks, all concentration factors were greater than 50 % of the initial As level. The elimination factor was around 39 % when the plants were transplanted back to the clean sites for 3 weeks. The findings of the present study indicated that the leaves, stems and roots of C. asiatica are ideal biomonitors of As contamination. The present data results the most comprehensive data obtained on As levels in Malaysia.

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Section: As In Soil Samplessupporting

confidence: 71%

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An investigation of arsenic contamination in Peninsular Malaysia based on Centella asiatica and soil samples

Ong

Yap

Mahmood

et al. 2012

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“…Therefore, it is very important to develop accurate and reliable methods for the speciation of V(IV) and V(V) in environmental water samples. Different analytical techniques have been used for trace vanadium analysis and its speciation in various samples, including spectrophotometry [5,6], atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) [7][8][9], neutron activation analysis (NAA) [10], ICP-OES [4,11,12] and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) [13,14]. Among these techniques, ICP-OES/MS has become one of the powerful techniques for the determination of vanadium due to its attractive features including low detection limit, good precision, wide linear dynamic range, multi-element detection capacity, and high sample throughput.…”

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On-line separation/preconcentration of V(IV)/V(V) in environmental water samples with CTAB-modified alkyl silica microcolumn and their determination by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

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2010

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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“…Calcium and sodium values for NIST-1547 by INAA have not been reported in recent publications [32,33]. Sodium results from the latest re-assessment of this SRM by NIST itself were in agreement [34], even if such an agreement may be viewed as somewhat arguable since the uncertainty is around 40% ðNa : 25:7 AE 10Þ.…”

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Multianalytical determination of trace elements in atmospheric biomonitors by k0-INAA, ICP-MS and AAS

Freitas

Pacheco

Dionísio

et al. 2006

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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Determination of trace elements in soil and plants in the Orontes basin of Syria by using instrumental neutron activation analysis

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

An investigation of arsenic contamination in Peninsular Malaysia based on Centella asiatica and soil samples

An investigation of arsenic contamination in Peninsular Malaysia based on Centella asiatica and soil samples

On-line separation/preconcentration of V(IV)/V(V) in environmental water samples with CTAB-modified alkyl silica microcolumn and their determination by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

Multianalytical determination of trace elements in atmospheric biomonitors by k0-INAA, ICP-MS and AAS

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