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Heavy Metals Contents in Kidney and Heart Tissues of Scarus Ghobban Fish from the Arabian Gulf
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Ashraf, Waqar Nazeer, Zahid |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Levels of selected heavy metals (Pb, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn and Cu) in the heart and kidney tissues of parrot fish, collected from the Arabian Gulf, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, were determined by wet-digestion based atomic absorption method. The results showed that accumulation pattern of analyzed metals in the kidney tissues followed the order; Zn > Cu > Co > Pb > Ni > Mn > Cd, with Pb at 1.05±0.63 ppm and Cd at 0.27±0.20 ppm. In the heart tissue the analyzed metals followed similar pattern of metal accumulation. The average Pb (0.85±0.50 ppm), Cd (0.12±0.07 ppm), Ni (0.92±0.35 ppm) and Mn(0.86±0.43 ppm) were significantly lower in the heart tissue whereas Zn (26.4±12.9 ppm) and Cu (3.29±2.18 ppm) were higher in the kidney tissues. In general, the data indicated that marine fish from the sampling site of the Arabian Gulf contain relatively less burden of heavy metals in their tissues. |
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| Language | English |
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| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
