Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
2015 , Vol 19 , Issue 2
Determination of heavy metals in herbal teas marketed in İstanbul
1Marmara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Analitik Kimya ABD Haydarpaşa İstanbul
DOI :
10.12991/mpj.20151910460
Herbal teas are being used pretty much in Turkey. Besides having
a lot of beneficial speciality, teas carry heavy metals in their
structure and heavy metal pollution increase with environmental
pollution. In this study; sage, rosemary, St. John"swort, linden, mint, thyme, chamomile, fennel, green tea, blueberries were used
and lead and cadmium metals in this teas which were bought
from herbalist, have been researched with Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometer. According to the results, cadmium and lead
concentrations in all dried samples have been found in the limits
of Turkish Food Codex.
Keywords :
Herbal tea, heavy metal, atomic absorption, cadmium(II), lead(II)