An increasing interest in organic agriculture for food production is seen throughout the world
and one key reason for this interest is the assumption that organic food consumption is …

Based on research findings around the globe, the content of heavy metals (HM) has been
kept limited in traditional popular pastries. This study was carried out to conduct a health risk …

Heavy metals (HM) are one of the main components of urban air pollution. Today,
megacities and industrial regions in southwest of Iran are frequently suffering from severe …

Abstract The 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay is commonly applied for
appraising antioxidant activity of plant extracts. To test the potential interference of borate on …

The use of plants in treatments has been as old as humanity and it has preserved its
popularity for centuries til now because of their availability, affordability and safeness …

This study aimed to assess the heavy metal concentrations in soils and fruits and their
possible human health risk in apple orchards of Liaodong Peninsula—a well-known fruit …

BACKGROUND Citrus fruits are widely consumed around the world. Several elements are
known to have important physiological functions in living things, whereas others are …

Six hydroxycinnamic acids were identified and determined quantitatively in methanol and
acetone extracts from quince peel and pulp, namely 3-O-caffeoylquinic acid (3-CQA), 4-p …

Background: Fruits especially citrus species are an integral part of human diet.
Contamination of foodstuffs by heavy and toxic metals via environmental pollution has …

Concentrations of five heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Cd, Hg, and Pb) in orchard soils and kiwifruit
tissues (root, twig, leave, fruit) collected from Shaanxi province in China were measured …