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Dietary intake of organophosphorus pesticide residues through vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana.
Food Chem Toxicol. 2008 Dec; 46(12):3703-6.FC

Abstract

Contamination and health risk hazards of organophosphorus pesticides residues in vegetables were studied. Ethyl-chlorpyrifos, observed at an average level of 0.211+/-0.010mgkg(-1) in 42% of tomato, 0.096+/-0.035mgkg(-1) in 10% of eggplant and 0.021+/-0.013mgkg(-1) in 16% of pepper was below the 0.5mgkg(-1) MRL. Dichlorvos was the most frequently detected residue in all the samples analyzed. Levels of malathion in tomatoes (0.120+/-0.101mgkg(-1)) and pepper (0.143+/-0.042mgkg(-1)) exceeded the MRL of 0.1mgkg(-1). Health risks were found to be associated with methyl-chlorpyrifos, ethyl-chlorpyrifos, and omethioate in tomatoes and methyl-chlorpyrifos, ethyl-chlorpyrifos, dichlorvos, monocrotophos and omethioate in eggplant. Routine monitoring of these pollutants in food items is required to prevent, control and reduce the pollution and to minimize health risks.

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Darko G
Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. godfreddarko@yahoo.com
Akoto O
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MeSH

Chromatography, GasDietFood ContaminationGhanaHumansIndicators and ReagentsOrganophosphorus CompoundsPesticide ResiduesPhotometryRisk AssessmentVegetables

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18929615

Citation

Darko, Godfred, and Osei Akoto. "Dietary Intake of Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues Through Vegetables From Kumasi, Ghana." Food and Chemical Toxicology : an International Journal Published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, vol. 46, no. 12, 2008, pp. 3703-6.
Darko G, Akoto O. Dietary intake of organophosphorus pesticide residues through vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana. Food Chem Toxicol. 2008;46(12):3703-6.
Darko, G., & Akoto, O. (2008). Dietary intake of organophosphorus pesticide residues through vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana. Food and Chemical Toxicology : an International Journal Published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 46(12), 3703-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2008.09.049
Darko G, Akoto O. Dietary Intake of Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues Through Vegetables From Kumasi, Ghana. Food Chem Toxicol. 2008;46(12):3703-6. PubMed PMID: 18929615.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Dietary intake of organophosphorus pesticide residues through vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana. AU - Darko,Godfred, AU - Akoto,Osei, Y1 - 2008/09/26/ PY - 2008/05/17/received PY - 2008/08/14/revised PY - 2008/09/22/accepted PY - 2008/10/22/pubmed PY - 2009/1/27/medline PY - 2008/10/22/entrez SP - 3703 EP - 6 JF - Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association JO - Food Chem Toxicol VL - 46 IS - 12 N2 - Contamination and health risk hazards of organophosphorus pesticides residues in vegetables were studied. Ethyl-chlorpyrifos, observed at an average level of 0.211+/-0.010mgkg(-1) in 42% of tomato, 0.096+/-0.035mgkg(-1) in 10% of eggplant and 0.021+/-0.013mgkg(-1) in 16% of pepper was below the 0.5mgkg(-1) MRL. Dichlorvos was the most frequently detected residue in all the samples analyzed. Levels of malathion in tomatoes (0.120+/-0.101mgkg(-1)) and pepper (0.143+/-0.042mgkg(-1)) exceeded the MRL of 0.1mgkg(-1). Health risks were found to be associated with methyl-chlorpyrifos, ethyl-chlorpyrifos, and omethioate in tomatoes and methyl-chlorpyrifos, ethyl-chlorpyrifos, dichlorvos, monocrotophos and omethioate in eggplant. Routine monitoring of these pollutants in food items is required to prevent, control and reduce the pollution and to minimize health risks. SN - 0278-6915 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18929615/Dietary_intake_of_organophosphorus_pesticide_residues_through_vegetables_from_Kumasi_Ghana_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0278-6915(08)00546-2 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -