A comparative study of health risks of Fe and Ni in the vegetables collected from selected farming areas of Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Nulit, Rosimah, Omar, Hishamuddin, Yaacob, Aziran, Al-Shami, Salman Abdo, Bakhtiari, Alireza Riyahi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Insight Medical Publishing 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72887/1/VEGE.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72887/; https://www.imedpub.com/articles/a-comparative-study-of-health-risks-of-fe-and-ni-in-the-vegetables-collected-from-selected-farming-areas-of-peninsular-malaysia.php?aid=22521

This study investigated the concentrations of Ni and Fe in 18 vegetables (12 fruit types and 6 leafy types) and their habitat topsoils collected from three farming sites in Peninsular Malaysia. The levels of Ni and Fe are all significantly (P<0.05) higher in the leafy vegetables than those in the...