Benzo[a]pyrene and Benzo[k]fluoranthene in Some Processed Fish and Fish Products

Olatunde S. Olatunji, Olalekan S. Fatoki, Beatrice O. Opeolu and Bhekumusa J. Ximba
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Olatunde S. Olatunji: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Olalekan S. Fatoki: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Beatrice O. Opeolu: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Bhekumusa J. Ximba: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: In this study, the concentration levels of the probable carcinogenic PAH fractions, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and benzo[k]fluoranthrene (BkF) in fillets of some processed fish species were investigated. Fish species comprising Merluccius poli (hake), Tyrsites atun (snoek), Seriola lalandi (yellow-tail) and Brama brama (angel fish) were bought in fish shops at Gordon’s Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. The fish were gutted, filleted and prepared for edibility by frying, grilling and boiling. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were extracted from each homogenized fish sample, cleaned-up using solid phase extraction (SPE), and analysed for the PAH fractions, BaP and BkF using a Gas Chromatograph coupled with a Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID). The sum of the two PAHs (? 2 PAH) i.e. , BaP and BkF ranged between 0.56 and 1.46 µg/kg, in all boiled, grilled and fried fish species. The fried fish extracts showed significantly higher ( p < 0.05) abundance of ? 2 PAH, than grilled and boiled fish. Dietary safety and PAHs toxicity was also discussed.

Keywords: benzo[a]pyrene; benzo[k]fluoranthrene; processed fish (fried; grilled and boiled); sum of the two PAHs (? 2 PAH); abundance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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