Multielemental Characterization of Bixa orellana L. (urucum) Seeds by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Baptistao M.; Lorencatto R.; Eberlin M.N.; Simionato A.V.C.

Multielemental Characterization of Bixa orellana L. (urucum) Seeds by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Tipo

Artigo

Data de publicação

2023

Periódico

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Citações (Scopus)

2

Autores

Baptistao M.
Lorencatto R.
Eberlin M.N.
Simionato A.V.C.

Resumo

© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.Bixa orellana L. (urucum) seeds have multiple uses in the industry and medicine. The determination of elemental composition is important information since it can lead to potential toxic effects and product stability. In this work, we developed and validated a method using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine both major and minor elemental constituents of urucum seeds with excellent figures of merit. Essential elements such as Ca, Mg, and K are present in percentage levels, whereas Al, Ba, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, and Zn are in the mg kg−1 range, and Cd, Cr, Pb, and Se are found in µg kg−1 concentration. Statistical tools such as hierarchical grouping and PCA showed that elements such as Cr and Fe, Mn and Ni, and Cu and Zn are intrinsically correlated, and Mo was present heterogeneously throughout the samples, indicating that soil preparation and treatment can be a potential cause to this dispersion. The elemental composition of urucum seeds and its statistical interpretation is also presented to aid future studies with nutritional composition and farming procedures.

Assuntos Scopus

Aerosol dilution , Annatto , Bixa orellana , Elemental compositions , Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry , Multiple use , PCA , Toxic effect , Toxic products , Urucum