December 8, 2021 Journal article Open Access

Zelalem Pawl, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi, Weldegebriel Yohannes and Asamene Embiale

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  "description": "<p>Fruit is one of the major dietary sources of various antioxidant phytocompounds&nbsp;for humans. The aim of this study was to determine the levels of macro and trace&nbsp;metals in Embelia schimperi Vatke, a wild edible plant fruit and its underlying soil&nbsp;samples collected from three different areas (Chencha, Dega Damot and Fiche) of&nbsp;Ethiopia. Levels of selected metals (Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb) were determined&nbsp;by microwave plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. Known weight of oven-dried&nbsp;Embelia schimperi Vatke fruit samples were wet-digested using 3 mL of (6972%)&nbsp;HNO3 and 1 mL of (70%) HClO4 for (2:30 h) at temperature of (270 oC) and its soil&nbsp;with 3 mL of (69-72%) HNO3, 1 mL of (70%) HClO4 and 1 mL of (35%) HCl for 2 h&nbsp;at temperature of 240 oC. The validity of the optimized procedure was evaluated&nbsp;by the analysis of spiked samples whose recovery was in the range of 90.5-108%.&nbsp;The mean concentration range (mg/kg) of metals in Embelia schimperi Vatke fruit&nbsp;samples were K (13290-17972), Mg (681-855), Fe (337-774), Ca (4789-5380),&nbsp;Zn (22.8-35.8), Cu (10.2-14.9), Mn (36.4-48.2), Pb (4.42-5.21) and Cd&nbsp;(0.25-0.33), respectively. In the soil samples, highest concentration was observed&nbsp;for Fe, followed by Ca, K, Mn and Mg, while lowest concentration was shown by Cd&nbsp;which was below detection limit in all the soil samples. One way analysis of&nbsp;variance indicated a significant difference between levels of metals (K and Mg).&nbsp;Bioaccumulation factors exhibited significantly higher accumulation of K and Ca&nbsp;from the soil to the fruits, but for other elements, it was less than 1. The results&nbsp;revealed that the soil properties significantly affected the metal levels in the fruits.</p>", 
  "license": "http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by", 
  "creator": [
    {
      "affiliation": "Woldia University, Ethiopia", 
      "@type": "Person", 
      "name": "Zelalem Pawl, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi, Weldegebriel Yohannes and  Asamene Embiale"
    }
  ], 
  "headline": "Levels of selected metals in wild edible plant Embelia schimperi Vatke fruit under  different agro-ecological zones, Ethiopia", 
  "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", 
  "datePublished": "2021-12-08", 
  "url": "https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/record/9308", 
  "@context": "https://schema.org/", 
  "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:9308", 
  "@id": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:9308", 
  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", 
  "name": "Levels of selected metals in wild edible plant Embelia schimperi Vatke fruit under  different agro-ecological zones, Ethiopia"
}