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Telloli C, Cicconi F, Manzi E, Borgognoni F, Salvi S, Iapalucci MC, Rizzo A. Multi-elemental analysis of commercial wheat flours by ICP-MS triple quadrupole in function of the milling degree. Food Chem 2024; 450:139370. [PMID: 38688227 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
Abstract
This preliminary study is focused on an elemental analysis of 60 samples of different commercial grains' flour, including various typologies of refined product, researching transition metals and trace elements. All the samples were first digested with a microwave digestion system and then analyzed by a triple quadrupole (TQ) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS-QQQ) located in a Clean Room ISO class 6. The minimum value of most of the elements (Li, Be, Na, Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Rb, Sr) are in the wheat flour "00" type and in the wheat flour "0" type (B, Na, Mg, Al, Cu, Ag, Cd, In, Cs, Pb, Bi). On the opposite, the maximum value of these elements is found in whole wheat flour (B, Mg, K, Ca, Mn, Zn, Ga, Rb, Sr, Ba) and in the wheat flour "0" type (Na, Al, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, As). Relating rare-earth elements (REE), all of them show value similar to each other and not under the detection limits thanks to the use of a TQ in the clean room. The final aim is to create a large database, with a high data bank and easily enlargeable, that could be used in future to analyze unknown flour samples and to set up traceability analysis. The purpose of this work is to find some trends of analyzed elements in function of different parameters, such as milling degree or geographical origin, also with a statistical point of view.
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- Chiara Telloli
- ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division, via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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- ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division, via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Italy
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- ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division, via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division, via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division, via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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González N, Domingo JL. Levels of Rare Earth Elements in Food and Human Dietary Exposure: A Review. Biol Trace Elem Res 2024:10.1007/s12011-024-04297-z. [PMID: 38970711 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-024-04297-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group consisting of the following 17 metals: Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Gd, Ho, La, Lu, Nd, Pr, Pm, Sc, Sm, Tb, Tm, Y and Yb. In the current century, the number of applications of REEs has significantly increased. They are being used as components in high technology devices of great importance industrial/economic. However, information on the risk of human exposure to REEs, as well as the potential toxic effects of these elements is still limited. In general terms, dietary intake is the main route of exposure to metals for non-occupationally exposed individuals, which should be also expected for REEs. The current paper aimed at reviewing the studies -conducted over the world- that focused on determining the levels of REEs in foods, as well as the dietary intake of these elements. Most studies do not suggest potential health risk for consumers of freshwater and marine species of higher consumption, or derived from the intake of a number of vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, as well as other various foodstuffs (honey, tea, rice, etc.). The current estimated daily intake (EDI) of REEs does not seem to be of concern. However, considering the expected wide use of these elements in the next years, it seems to be clearly recommendable to assess periodically the potential health risk of the dietary exposure to REEs. This is already being done with well-known toxic elements such as As, Cd, Pb and Hg, among other potentially toxic metals.
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- Neus González
- School of Medicine, Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201, Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- School of Medicine, Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201, Reus, Catalonia, Spain.
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Falandysz J, Kilanowicz A, Fernandes AR, Zhang J. Rare earth contamination of edible vegetation: Ce, La, and summed REE in fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:268. [PMID: 38506962 PMCID: PMC10954923 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13087-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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The increasing and diversified use of rare earth elements (REE) is considered a potential source of pollution of environmental media including soils. This work documents critically overview data on the occurrence of REE in the fruiting bodies of wild and farmed species of edible and medicinal mushrooms, as this was identified as the largest published dataset of REE occurrence in foodstuff. Most of the literature reported occurrences of cerium (Ce) and lanthanum (La), but a number of studies lacked data on all lanthanides. The Ce, La, and summed REE occurrences were assessed through the criteria of environmental geochemistry, analytical chemistry, food toxicology, mushroom systematics, and ecology. Ce and La accumulate similarly in fruiting bodies and are not fractionated during uptake, maintaining the occurrence patterns of their growing substrates. Similarly, there is no credible evidence of variable REE uptake because the evaluated species data show natural, unfractionated patterns in accordance with the Oddo-Harkins' order of environmental lanthanide occurrence. Thus, lithosphere occurrence patterns of Ce and La as the first and the third most abundant lanthanides are reflected in wild and farmed mushrooms regardless of substrate and show that Ce is around twice more abundant than La. The current state of knowledge provides no evidence that mushroom consumption at these REE occurrence levels poses a health risk either by themselves or when included with other dietary exposure. Macromycetes appear to bio-exclude lanthanides because independently reported bioconcentration factors for different species and collection sites, typically range from < 1 to 0.001. This is reflected in fruiting body concentrations which are four to two orders of magnitude lower than growing substrates. KEY POINTS: •Original REE occurrence patterns in soils/substrates are reflected in mushrooms •No evidence for the fractionation of REE during uptake by fungi •Mushrooms bio-exclude REE in fruiting bodies.
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- Jerzy Falandysz
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Muszyńskiego Street, 90-151, Łódź, Poland.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Muszyńskiego Street, 90-151, Łódź, Poland
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Medicinal Plants Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2238 Beijing Road, Panlong District, Kunming, 650200, China
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Barrat JA, Bayon G. Practical guidelines for representing and interpreting rare earth abundances in environmental and biological studies. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 352:141487. [PMID: 38373443 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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This paper summarizes the main guidelines for representing rare earth element (REE) abundance patterns, along with a review of the common mistakes or omissions that can alter REE plots and bias interpretations. It is specifically designed for ecotoxicologists and biologists, for whom the study of these elements has become an important field of research in recent years. Prior to applying REE diagrams to the study of living organisms, it is important to understand the rationale that led geochemists and cosmochemists to develop them. Used with the practical recommendations described here, these diagrams have the capacity to highlight fundamental processes taking place in the biosphere.
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- Jean-Alix Barrat
- Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, LEMAR, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Place Nicolas Copernic, 29280, Plouzané, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, Geo-Ocean, F-29280, Plouzané, France
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Falandysz J, Fernandes AR. A critical review of the occurrence of scandium and yttrium in mushrooms. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2023; 125:107-141. [PMID: 38783723 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2023.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Scandium (Sc) and Yttrium (Y) along with the other rare earth elements (REE) are being increasingly extracted to meet the escalating demand for their use in modern high technology applications. Concern has been voiced that releases from this escalating usage may pollute environments, including the habitats of wild species of mushrooms, many of which are foraged and prized as foods. This review collates the scarce information on occurrence of these elements in wild mushrooms and also reviews soil substrate levels, including forested habitats. Sc and Y occurred at lower levels in mushrooms (<1.0-1000 µg kg-1 dw for Sc and<1.8-1500 µg kg-1 dw for Y) compared to the corresponding range for the sum of the lanthanides in the same species (16-8400 µg kg-1 dw). The reported species showed considerably more variation in Y contents than Sc which show a narrow median distribution range (20-40 µg kg-1 dw). Data allowing temporal examination was very limited but showed no increasing trend between the 1970s to 2019, nor were any geographical influences apparent. The study of the essentiality, toxicity or other effects of REE including Sc and Y at levels of current dietary intake are as yet undefined. High intake scenarios using the highest median concentrations of Sc and Y, resulted in daily intakes of 1.2 and 3.3 μg respectively from 300 g portions of mushroom meals. These could be considered as low unless future toxicological insights make these intake levels relevant.
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- Jerzy Falandysz
- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszyńskiego 1, Łódź, Poland.
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Falandysz J. Comment on "Mineral composition of elements in wood-growing mushroom species collected from of two regions of Poland" by Mleczek et al., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10788-y. Focus on lanthanides for which the analytical quality of the results can be objectively and easily verified. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:51371-51377. [PMID: 36905539 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26366-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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- Jerzy Falandysz
- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Muszyńskiego Street, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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Falandysz J. Lanthanides in macrofungi – Comment on “Mleczek, M., Rzymski, P., Budka, A., Siwulski, M., Jasińska, A., Kalać, P., Poniedziałek, B., Gąsecka, M., Niedzielski, P., 2018. Elemental characteristics of mushroom species cultivated in China and Poland. J. Food Compos. Anal. 66, 168–178”. J Food Compost Anal 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mędyk M, Falandysz J, Nnorom IC. Scandium, yttrium, and lanthanide occurrence in Cantharellus cibarius and C. minor mushrooms. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:41473-41484. [PMID: 36633747 PMCID: PMC10067650 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25210-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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There is a dearth of data on rare earth elements (REE), yttrium and scandium in foods which extends also to baseline datasets for edible wild mushrooms, though this has started to change in the last decade. Concentrations and shale normalized patterns of REE and Y (REY) were studied by using inductively coupled plasma-quadrupole mass spectrometer in 22 pools (2235 specimens) of Cantharellus cibarius (Golden Chanterelle) collected in Poland and also a pool of C. minor (Small Chanterelle) (153 specimens) from Yunnan (Chinese Province). The total REY plus Sc varied in C. cibarius from 10 to 593 µg kg-1 dw whereas that for the Yunnan's C. minor was 2072 µg kg-1 dw. C. minor from Yunnan has higher REY and Sc compared to the C. cibarius. Sc concentrations in twenty C. cibarius pools were below 1 µg kg-1 dw, but 17 and 27 µg kg-1 dw were detected at the other two sites and 66 µg kg-1 dw was detected in C. minor. The median Y content of C. cibarius and C. minor was 22 µg kg-1 dw and 200 µg kg-1 dw. The difference in REY and Sc concentrations and shale normalized patterns between mushrooms from Poland and Yunnan seems to reflect the regional difference in concentration and composition of these elements in the soil bedrock.
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- Małgorzata Mędyk
- Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology, University of Gdańsk, 63 Wita Stwosza Str., 80-308, Gdańsk, PL, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Muszyńskiego Street, 90-151, Łódź, Poland.
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- Analytical/Environmental Unit, Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
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Falandysz J. Comment on “Screening the Multi-element Content of Pleurotus Mushroom Species Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)”. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-022-02440-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AbstractLa, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu are lanthanides, also referred to as “rare earth” elements (occurring at ultra-low concentration, i.e. each, at ppb or lower levels) in plant and animal foods including edible wild mushrooms. Could it be that lanthanides when collectively reported as a summed value (widely referred to as REE) are at relatively high concentrations because extremely high contributions from individual elements? REE elements naturally occur in environmental media such as the soil substrate in which plants and fungi grow in a characteristic pattern (Oddo-Harkins rule), with most of the available literature confirming the extension of this pattern in fungi. Abnormalities therefore need to be examined closely and resolved.
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Falandysz J. Comment on: "Family and species as determinants modulating mineral composition of selected wild-growing mushroom species" by Mleczek et al., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10508-6. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:89796-89800. [PMID: 36269486 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23759-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jerzy Falandysz
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, 1 Muszyńskiego Street, 90-151, Łódź, Poland.
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