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The study of lead content distribution in Chinese seafood and its oral bioavailability in mice

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Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), the lead concentrations and isotope ratios of 32 kinds of seafood collected from local markets of China were measured. Among these seafoods, the highest concentrations of lead were found in Patinopecten yessoensis and Mugil cephalus, which were 2.94 ± 0.40 and 2.02 ± 0.26 μg g−1 of dry weight, respectively. Pb concentration was found to be higher in benthic fish than in other fish. The result indicated that lead concentrations in some seafood exceeded the maximum levels of Pb in foods proposed by European Commission (EC). Nine species of cooked seafood were chosen to feed mice (35–38 g). The result showed that Pb oral bioavailability of cooked seafood in vivo was below 10 %. Furthermore, oral bioavailability of the same lead-containing seafood increased greatly in pregnant mice compared with non-pregnant mice.

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This study was supported by the National Natura1 Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11375117). We thank LetPub (www.letpub.com) for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. College of Physics Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Yongpeng Tong, Zhipeng Zhu & Xin Hao

  2. Shenzhen Environmental Monitoring Center, Shenzhen, 518049, China

    Long He & Weibiao He

  3. Agilent Technologies (China) Co., Ltd, Shanghai, 200080, People’s Republic China

    Jianmin Chen

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Tong, Y., Zhu, Z., Hao, X. et al. The study of lead content distribution in Chinese seafood and its oral bioavailability in mice. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 1714–1721 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5427-1

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