Effects of Soaking, Washing, and Cooking on Heavy Metal Concentrations in Five Polished Rice Varieties from Al-Ahsa local market, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) may contain harmful substances such as heavy metals, posing health risks to humans. Several factors contribute to rice serving as a source of toxic heavy metals.This study aims to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of heavy metals contamination (Cd, Cr, Pb, As, Ni, Zn, Hg, Fe, and Cu) of polished rice in the local market of Alhsa, Saudi Arabia. We employed an Inductivel...

Keywords

Cadmium

Mercury (programming language)

Arsenic

Heavy metals

Contamination

Environmental chemistry

Zinc

Chromium

Inductively coupled plasma

Significant difference

Oryza sativa

Environmental science

Chemistry

Metallurgy

Materials science

Mathematics

Biology

Ecology

Biochemistry

Plasma

Physics

Statistics

Quantum mechanics

Computer science

Gene

Programming language

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Zero hunger

2024

Article

Institution

Food Science &amp,

Food Science &amp

2-Y Citation Average

0.712

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/ejchem.2024.304208.10011

Language

en

Country

Egypt,

Saudi Arabia

Effects of Soaking, Washing, and Cooking on Heavy Metal Concentrations in Five Polished Rice Varieties from Al-Ahsa local market, Saudi Arabia

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Gamal Ali ElSharnouby, Saeed A. Asiri

Abstract

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) may contain harmful substances such as heavy metals, posing health risks to humans. Several factors contribute to rice serving as a source of toxic heavy metals.This study aims to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of heavy metals contamination (Cd, Cr, Pb, As, Ni, Zn, Hg, Fe, and Cu) of polished rice in the local market of Alhsa, Saudi Arabia. We employed an Inductivel...