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Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals and Lipid Quality Indexes in Freshwater Fish from Lakes of Warmia and Mazury Region, Poland

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  • Joanna Łuczyńska

    (Faculty of Food Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Plac Cieszyński 1, 10726 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Beata Paszczyk

    (Faculty of Food Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Plac Cieszyński 1, 10726 Olsztyn, Poland)

Abstract

The objectives of study were to determine heavy metals content (Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe and Hg) and fatty acids in selected organs of roach, Rutilus rutilus (L.); bream, Abramis brama (L.); pike, Esox lucius (L.); Eurasian perch, Perca fluviatilis (L.) collected from reservoirs of Warmia and Mazury region (northeastern Poland). Heavy metals were determined with atomic absorption spectrometry AAS. The fatty acids were analyzed using gas chromatography. In a few cases, differences in the content of heavy metals and fatty acids were not significant between species. The muscles of fish characterized significantly higher values of mercury than other organs ( p ≤ 0.05), except for bream. The reverse regularity was observed in the case of content of Cu, Zn, Mn and Fe. Fatty acids having a desirable dietary effect in humans (DFA-Hypocholesterolaemic fatty acids) (74.00–74.84) were more than OFA (hypercholesterolaemic fatty acids), i.e., those undesirable (24.03–24.79). The lipid quality indexes AI (index of atherogenicity) (0.40–0.44) and TI (index of thrombogenicity) (0.18–0.24) in muscles of fish were low, which means that the meat of the fish may be recommended for human health. THQ (target hazard quotient) and HI (hazard index) as individual foodstuff were below 1, whereas HI for a specific receptor/pathway combination exceeded 1. This may suggest that eating meat from a given species is safe from a health point of view.

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  • Joanna Łuczyńska & Beata Paszczyk, 2019. "Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals and Lipid Quality Indexes in Freshwater Fish from Lakes of Warmia and Mazury Region, Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-21, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:19:p:3780-:d:274260
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    1. Joanna Łuczyńska & Beata Paszczyk & Joanna Nowosad & Marek Jan Łuczyński, 2017. "Mercury, Fatty Acids Content and Lipid Quality Indexes in Muscles of Freshwater and Marine Fish on the Polish Market. Risk Assessment of Fish Consumption," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-17, September.
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    1. Raffaella Branciari & Raffaella Franceschini & Rossana Roila & Andrea Valiani & Ivan Pecorelli & Arianna Piersanti & Naceur Haouet & Marisa Framboas & David Ranucci, 2020. "Nutritional Value and Contaminant Risk Assessment of Some Commercially Important Fishes and Crawfish of Lake Trasimeno, Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-14, April.
    2. Joanna Łuczyńska & Renata Pietrzak-Fiećko & Aleksandra Purkiewicz & Marek Jan Łuczyński, 2022. "Assessment of Fish Quality Based on the Content of Heavy Metals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-13, February.

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