Survey on heavy metals contamination and health risk assessment in commercially valuable Asian swamp eel, monopterus albus from Kelantan, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Sow, Ai Yin, Ismail, Ahmad, Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir, Amal, Mohammad Noor Azmai, Hambali, Kamarul Ariffin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82314/1/Survey%20on%20heavy%20metals%20contamination%20and%20health%20risk%20assessment%20in%20commercially%20valuable%20Asian%20swamp%20eel%2C%20monopterus%20albus%20from%20Kelantan%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82314/

This work investigates the metals concentration in the tissues of Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus. Five selected tissues, including liver, gill, bone, skin, and muscle were examined for the concentration of Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb, and Ni. The concentrations of Cd and Pb were found high in the muscle tissu...