Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-2 | Issue-09 | 374-377
Original Research Article
Evaluation of some Mineral Concentrations of Cheese using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer
Ali A. S. Marouf, Zolfa A. Aljuzli
Published : Dec. 30, 2017
Abstract
In this work concentrations of ten different minerals were evaluated in
commercial white cheese, pigtail cheese and triangles cheese. Minerals were analyzed
by an Inductively Coupled plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES).
Respective mean mineral concentration (ppm) of white cheese, pigtail cheese and
cheese triangles were: Al 94.125, 73.75, 64.0; Cr 0, 0, 0 ; Mn 1.40, 1.2875, 0.6875;
Fe 13.075, 16.45, 6.675; Ni 8.6125, 8.8, 6.925; Cu 0, 0, 0; Zn 22.4125, 22.9125,
14.7875; Cd 1.2, 0.6625, 0.4375; Ba 0, 0, 0; Pb 16.375, 4.9, 4.6125. These results
show that there is some minerals (Cr, Cu and Ba) were not exist and other found with
high concentration in comparison with the standard specification.