TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lučić, Milica
AU  - Miletić, Andrijana
AU  - Savić, Aleksandra
AU  - Lević, Steva
AU  - Ignjatović Sredović, Ivana
AU  - Onjia, Antonije
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5114
AB  - The content of twenty-one essential and toxic elements in fresh, dried, and processed peppers (Capsicum annuum) obtained from the Serbian market was analyzed. The concentration of the elements varied significantly between the analyzed samples. The most abundant essential element was K with an average concentration of 8.4 g/kg fresh weight. All processed products also had increased Na content, reaching a maximum value of 15.8 g/kg fresh weight in peppers from the pepper-meat products. Toxic elements Pb, Cd, and As were found in all analyzed samples, while Hg was detected in a few samples. Based on guideline values or recommended dietary intake, pepper and pepper products are not a significant source of essential elements. The health risk assessment was conducted by calculating target hazard quotient (THQ) and carcinogenic risk (CR), as well as comparing estimated weekly (Al, Hg, Cd) and daily intake (As, Pb) with appropriate PTWI and BMDL values. The risk assessment results indicate that peppers and pepper products are mostly safe for consumption both for adults and children. However, consumption of some pepper samples may pose a health risk due to an incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) value higher than 10−4
PB  - Academic Press Inc.
T2  - Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
T1  - Dietary intake and health risk assessment of essential and toxic elements in pepper (Capsicum annuum)
SP  - 104598
VL  - 111
VL  - 111
DO  - 10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104598
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Lučić, Milica and Miletić, Andrijana and Savić, Aleksandra and Lević, Steva and Ignjatović Sredović, Ivana and Onjia, Antonije",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The content of twenty-one essential and toxic elements in fresh, dried, and processed peppers (Capsicum annuum) obtained from the Serbian market was analyzed. The concentration of the elements varied significantly between the analyzed samples. The most abundant essential element was K with an average concentration of 8.4 g/kg fresh weight. All processed products also had increased Na content, reaching a maximum value of 15.8 g/kg fresh weight in peppers from the pepper-meat products. Toxic elements Pb, Cd, and As were found in all analyzed samples, while Hg was detected in a few samples. Based on guideline values or recommended dietary intake, pepper and pepper products are not a significant source of essential elements. The health risk assessment was conducted by calculating target hazard quotient (THQ) and carcinogenic risk (CR), as well as comparing estimated weekly (Al, Hg, Cd) and daily intake (As, Pb) with appropriate PTWI and BMDL values. The risk assessment results indicate that peppers and pepper products are mostly safe for consumption both for adults and children. However, consumption of some pepper samples may pose a health risk due to an incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) value higher than 10−4",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
journal = "Journal of Food Composition and Analysis",
title = "Dietary intake and health risk assessment of essential and toxic elements in pepper (Capsicum annuum)",
pages = "104598",
volume = "111, 111",
doi = "10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104598"
}

Lučić, M., Miletić, A., Savić, A., Lević, S., Ignjatović Sredović, I.,& Onjia, A.. (2022). Dietary intake and health risk assessment of essential and toxic elements in pepper (Capsicum annuum). in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
Academic Press Inc.., 111, 104598.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104598

Lučić M, Miletić A, Savić A, Lević S, Ignjatović Sredović I, Onjia A. Dietary intake and health risk assessment of essential and toxic elements in pepper (Capsicum annuum). in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 2022;111:104598.
doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104598 .

Lučić, Milica, Miletić, Andrijana, Savić, Aleksandra, Lević, Steva, Ignjatović Sredović, Ivana, Onjia, Antonije, "Dietary intake and health risk assessment of essential and toxic elements in pepper (Capsicum annuum)" in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 111 (2022):104598,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104598 . .