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Influence of waterborne arsenic on nutritive and potentially harmful elements in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

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Fish are an important source of nutrients in human nutrition. Although arsenic (As) is considered potentially carcinogenic for human being, very little is known about its toxicity in fish biology. To increase our knowledge of the effect of exposure to waterborne As on fish, gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) were exposed to 5 μM As2O3 and the bioaccumulation of macronutrients (Ca, K, Mg, Na, P), micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn) and Potentially Harmful Elements (As, Cd) was determined using spectrometric techniques. All elements were determined in the muscle and liver of non-exposed fish and those exposed to As for 2, 10 or 30 days. The concentrations of K, Na, Mg, Mn and Zn (in muscle) and Fe and Mn (in liver) of control (non-exposed) fish were higher than those determined in exposed fish. Furthermore, neither As nor Cd accumulated in the edible part (muscle) of seabream and were only evident in liver after 30 days of continuous exposure to As, but both concentrations remained below legally established limits.

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This work was funded by grants from Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (AGL2011-30381-C03-01) and Fundación Séneca (04538/GERM/06).

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  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Chemistry, Campus Regional de Excelencia Internacional “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain

    Carmen Pérez-Sirvent, Maria José Martínez-Sánchez, Salvadora Martínez López & Maria del Carmen Gómez Martínez

  2. Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, Campus Regional de Excelencia Internacional “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain

    Francisco A. Guardiola & María Ángeles Esteban

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Waterborne arsenic affected the concentrations of nutrients in exposed Sparus aurata.

Neither As nor Cd accumulated in the edible part (muscle) of seabream.

A low level of arsenic accumulation was observed in liver after 30 days of exposure

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Pérez-Sirvent, C., Martínez-Sánchez, M.J., López, S.M. et al. Influence of waterborne arsenic on nutritive and potentially harmful elements in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Environ Monit Assess 188, 620 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5598-3

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