Analysis of Mineral and Heavy Metal Content of Some Commercial Fruit Juices by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Table 2

The levels of heavy metals in investigated samples (μg/L).

Sample	Cr	Mn	Co	Ni	Cu	Zn	As	Cd	Pb
Apple 1	4.11	213.72	0.26	18.96	99.12	180.16	3.60	0.14	24.84
Apple 2	4.00	127.08	1.24	42.46	57.66	196.96	1.52	0.24	5.86
Apple 3	55.60	268.22	8.30	58.22	104.78	379.10	<DL	0.84	4.66
Apple 4	5.69	293.16	<DL	36.22	37.58	171.24	0.94	0.26	17.40
Apple 5	23.58	342.92	4.42	123.60	64.20	103.54	4.36	1.42	75.68
Apple 6	30.90	207.12	0.74	204.40	153.68	348.76	<DL	0.8	7.82
Peach 1	39.64	229.80	7.60	26.11	403.88	568.92	1.52	0.52	5.96
Peach 2	5.61	59.60	<DL	53.12	20.72	236.94	<DL	0.64	1.94
Peach 3	30.44	198.90	6.84	25.42	322.94	1186.06	3.78	1.38	18.58
Apricot 1	55.45	244.46	7.00	35.04	139.34	445.74	1.52	0.46	5.36
Apricot 2	26.98	206.98	1.20	146.60	534.22	516.42	1.52	0.78	3.36
Orange 1	8.17	64.14	<DL	57.00	203.72	188.70	<DL	0.12	10.03
Orange 2	5.69	88.24	<DL	31.24	33.28	199.78	<DL	<DL	1.08
Orange 3	5.28	71.66	<DL	67.72	37.86	189.56	<DL	0.64	1.02
Orange 4	17.13	92.42	<DL	40.28	129.74	100.18	1.70	<DL	1.66
Orange 5	20.71	97.30	2.76	145.00	88.50	201.04	3.02	0.4	1.96
Orange 6	28.21	307.88	2.18	134.16	303.90	204.12	1.52	0.26	3.98
Kiwi	8.69	66.70	1.20	46.04	442.38	118.44	<DL	<DL	1.64
Pear	7.56	169.56	6.30	31.52	214.16	123.66	<DL	<DL	1.62
Multifruit	4.46	131.64	<DL	32.20	25.44	277.60	0.38	<DL	1.88
Pineapple	27.05	320.80	6.54	208.96	171.98	498.74	2.84	0.64	1.54

DL: detection limit, 0.001 μg/L.