昆虫和化学元素残留物:人类消费的非致癌风险评估
Chigozie Damian Ezeonyejiaku1, Charles Obinwanne Okoye2,3, Daniel Ogbonnaya1
1Department of Zoology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
PLOS global public health
|April 25, 2025
概括
来自尼日利亚的棕虫和白等食用昆虫是安全的. 化学元素分析和风险评估显示,与食虫相关的公共卫生风险是可以忽略不计的.
科学领域:
- 食品科学 食品科学 食品科学
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 昆虫 (食用昆虫) 正在作为可持续的蛋白质来源获得全球关注.
- 有关可食昆虫中有毒化学元素的潜在积累存在担忧.
- 安全性评估对于食昆虫的广泛采用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定尼日利亚通常食用的食用昆虫中的化学元素度.
- 评估与口服接触这些昆虫相关的非致癌健康风险.
- 将元素水平与已确定的安全标准进行比较.
主要方法:
- 从尼日利亚市场收集和识别Rhyncophorus phoenics幼虫 (棕虫) 和Macrotermes bellicosus (白虫) 的物种.
- 使用Varian AA240原子吸收光谱学量化化学元素.
- 根据美国环境保护局 (USEPA) 的指导方针进行非致癌风险评估.
主要成果:
- (Zn) 是棕虫中最丰富的元素; (Mn) 在白中最高.
- 在这两种昆虫物种中, (As) 含量是最低的,这表明金属化物污染最小.
- 元素度没有超过允许的每日摄入标准 (P > 0.05).
结论:
- 研究区域的可食用棕虫和白是安全的食用.
- 非致癌风险评估表明,消费者面临的公共健康风险是可以忽略不计的.
- 根据目前的条件,研究结果支持尼日利亚安纳布拉州食昆虫的安全性.
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