<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The study investigates the pollution with heavy metals of grapes and soil. The grapes nourish from the respective soil, with all existing substances: either nutrients or toxic materials. This link, between grapes and soil, made mandatory to focus on observing the level of toxic materials in both samples grapes and land. The aim of this research is to analyze the level of Cd and Pb in Vitis vinifera L. grape fruits and soil, by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) method. The grapes and the soil used in this work were sampled from the Murfatlar City, a nonindustrial area, placed far from the car traffic pollution. Cd and Pb were quantified, after the chemical mineralization of the samples using nitric acid. It can be noticed that the values of cadmium and lead concentrations in grapes were lower than the recommendable maximum limit.</p></abstract>

The study investigates the pollution with heavy metals of grapes and soil. The grapes nourish from the respective soil, with all existing substances: either nutrients or toxic materials. This link, between grapes and soil, made mandatory to focus on observing the level of toxic materials in both samples grapes and land. The aim of this research is to analyze the level of Cd and Pb in Vitis vinifera L. grape fruits and soil, by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) method. The grapes and the soil used in this work were sampled from the Murfatlar City, a nonindustrial area, placed far from the car traffic pollution. Cd and Pb were quantified, after the chemical mineralization of the samples using nitric acid. It can be noticed that the values of cadmium and lead concentrations in grapes were lower than the recommendable maximum limit.

Cadmium and lead occurrence in soil and grape from Murfatlar Vineyard

Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Ovidius University, Constanţa, 900527, Romania

Faculty of Pharmacy, Ovidius University Constanța, Constanţa, 900527, Romania

National Institute for Biological Science, Centre of Bioanalysis, 296, Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest, 060031, Romania

Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology Murfatlar, Constanţa, Romania

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry

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The study investigates the pollution with heavy metals of grapes and soil. The grapes nourish from the respective soil, with all existing substances: either...

Cadmium and lead occurrence in soil and grape from Murfatlar Vineyard

Pubblicato online: 25 giu 2015

Pagine: 37 - 40

Ricevuto: 19 apr 2015

Accettato: 05 giu 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auoc-2015-0007

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.