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Toxic metals and total lipids comparison between wild and farmed fish of South mediterranean.

Authors :
Cammilleri G
Calabrese V
Accordino L
Pantano L
Migliazzo A
Galluzzo FG
Parrino V
Brunone A
Lo Dico GM
Bacchi E
Giangrosso G
Calvacca PF
Ferrantelli V
Source :
Natural product research [Nat Prod Res] 2023 Jul; Vol. 37 (13), pp. 2232-2242. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 08.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

A total of 151 wild and farmed fish samples of three species ( S. aurata , D. labrax and U. cirrosa ) from south Mediterranean were examined for cadmium, lead and mercury and total lipids detection to verify possible differences between wild and farmed fish. Mercury was detected only in S. aurata samples, with mean values of 0.056 ± 0.128 mg/kg and 0.031 ± 0.033 mg/kg for farmed and wild samples, respectively. The results verified no significant differences in Pb, Cd and Hg levels between wild and farmed fish samples ( p  < 0.05). The farmed fish samples showed higher total lipids contents than wild ( p  > 0.05). As far as we know, this work report first findings on the toxic metal presence in farmed Umbrina cirrosa, showing no detectable Hg, Cd and Pb values. The results of this work seems to confirm that the presence of toxic metals could be more related to the pollution the site than the type of production.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1478-6427
Volume :
37
Issue :
13
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Natural product research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35133242
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2022.2037588