Abstract
In the study, the method of atomic emission and mass spectrometry with inductively coupled argon plasma was used to determine average concentrations of macronutrients (Ca, K, Mg, Na, P), essential trace elements (Cu, Fe, I, Mn, Se, Zn) and conditionally essential trace elements (B, Co, Cr, V, Si, Li, Ni), as well as toxic metals (Al, As, Cd, Hg, Pb, Sr, Sn) in wild berries most often included in diets of Magadan region residents: Blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L., Caprifoliaceae), Ash berry (Sorbus aucuparia L., Rosaceae), Black currant (Ribes nigrum L., Grossulariaceae), Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L., Ericaceae).
The highest total amount of elements under study was found in samples of the Ash berry (36.8%), the lowest – in the Lingonberry (8.9%). Data obtained on quantitative mineral composition of berries exhibited different accumulation variables for each of studied elements and statistically significant differences in their concentrations. Amounts of calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, and silicon were found to be the highest. Toxic element analysis observed no excess of permissible levels. Thus, the woods of the northern region people’s traditional berry picking can be referred to an environmentally safe zone.
Subject
Organic Chemistry,Plant Science,Biomaterials
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