Content of trace elements and human health risk assessment via consumption of commercially important fishes from Montenegrin coast

Bošković, Neda (author), Joksimović, Danijela (author), Bajt, Oliver (author)

Muscle tissues of Mullus barbatus and Merluccius merluccius were analyzed for the presence of selected trace elements (As, Hg, Cd, and Pb) to determine the value of the daily intake of trace elements from fish consumption and to assess the risk to human health. The mean concentrations of As in the muscle tissue of M. barbatus and M. merluccius for the entire period were 19.689 mg/kg wet weight (ww) and 8.356 mg/kg ww, Hg 0.497 mg/kg ww and 0.153 mg/kg ww, and Pb 0.031 mg/kg ww and 0.025 mg/kg ww, respectively. The concentrations of Cd in all fish sampled were below the detection limit (<0.02 mg/kg ww). The evaluation of the potential health risk assessments based on the target hazard quotient (THQ) and estimated daily intake (EDI) indicated that the intake of As in both fish species and Hg for M. barbatus could pose an appreciable risk to human health. The calculated hazard index (HI) was higher than 1 for both fish species. The continuous monitoring of trace elements’ concentrations in fish is strongly recommended, as the results demonstrate potential health risks due to the presence of As and Hg.

• Language: English
• Keywords: trace elements, Mullus barbatus, Merluccius merluccius, human health risk assessment, Montenegro, Adriatic Sea, hydrobiology
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FPP - Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: 13 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 12, iss. 4, art. 762
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-155494
• UDC: 574
• ISSN on article: 2304-8158
• DOI: 10.3390/foods12040762
• COBISS.SI-ID: 142035715
• Publication date in RUL: 04.04.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Foods
• Shortened title: Foods
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2304-8158
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512252472

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: elementi v sledovih, Mullus barbatus, Merluccius merluccius, ocena tveganja za zdravje ljudi, Črna gora, Jadransko morje, hidrobiologija

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Montenegro, Ministry of Science
• Project number: 3173
• Acronym: PROMIS

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P1-0237
• Name: Raziskave obalnega morja