Evaluation of Hazardous Coumpounds Contained In Daily Edible Meat and Fish Consumed in Umuahia, Abia-state:- Onyemara, Joy U
ABSTRACT
The nitrate,
nitrite, N-nitrosamine and malondialdehyde contents of 36 samples of meat and
fish obtained from Umuahia and Umudike, Ahia-state, Nigeria which comprises of
twelve samples of suya ( charcoal grilled meat), twelve samples of dried fishes
and twelve samples of smoked fishes purchased from different markets situated
in Umuahia were analyzed. Nitrite was determined spectrophotometrically.
Nitrate and N-nitrosamine were also estimated spectrophotometrically after
reduction with cadmium and irradiation with U.V light respectively. In the
survey of malondialdehyde contents in meat and fish samples, it was also
determined spectrophotometrically. The suya sample from Orie-ugba and dried
fish from Isi-gate had the highest malondialdehyde values (0.096 and 0.145 g/g
respectively), dried fish from Orie-ugba and smoked fish from Ubani had the
highest values (0.536 and 0.561 µgig respectively) for nitrosamines, smoked
fish from Orie-ugba and Gate-6 had the highest values for nitrite (1.164 and
1.345 µgig respectively), while only a sample of suya from Isi- gate contained
nitrate (0.268 g/g). The results were discussed based from their toxicological
and nutritional point of view.
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JOY, U (2023). Evaluation of Hazardous Coumpounds Contained In Daily Edible Meat and Fish Consumed in Umuahia, Abia-state:- Onyemara, Joy U. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 17, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-hazardous-coumpounds-contained-in-daily-edible-meat-and-fish-consumed-in-umuahia-abia-state-onyemara-joy-u-7-2
ULOMA, JOY. "Evaluation of Hazardous Coumpounds Contained In Daily Edible Meat and Fish Consumed in Umuahia, Abia-state:- Onyemara, Joy U" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 13 Nov. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-hazardous-coumpounds-contained-in-daily-edible-meat-and-fish-consumed-in-umuahia-abia-state-onyemara-joy-u-7-2. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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ULOMA, JOY. "Evaluation of Hazardous Coumpounds Contained In Daily Edible Meat and Fish Consumed in Umuahia, Abia-state:- Onyemara, Joy U" Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 17 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-hazardous-coumpounds-contained-in-daily-edible-meat-and-fish-consumed-in-umuahia-abia-state-onyemara-joy-u-7-2