|
Food |
Gallium content (ng/g) |
Ref. |
Food |
Gallium content (ng/g) |
Ref. |
|
Beef |
656 |
1 |
Orange juice ( |
30 - 40 |
3 |
|
Pork |
305 |
1 |
Orange juice ( |
63 - 145 |
3 |
|
Kippered herring |
220 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Fish (fresh) |
194 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
560 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Watermelon |
490 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Peas |
324 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Semolina |
240 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Cabbage (fresh) |
220 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Potatoes |
201 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Pearl barley |
199 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Wheat bread |
196 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Apple |
146 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Wine |
141 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Water (drinking) |
6.4 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Wheat |
133 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Wheat |
118 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Wheat flour |
148 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Rice |
127 |
2 |
|
|
|
Gallium content of some foods
June 2006
Note: ng/g = parts per billion (ppb)
References
1. Belozerov ES (1966) The content of the trace element gallium in certain foodstuffs (in Russian). Voprosy Pitaniia 25:85-86.
2. Li Y-H, Zhao Q-L, Huang M-H (2005 ) Cathodic Adsorptive Voltammetry of the Gallium-Alizarin Red S Complex at a Carbon Paste Electrode. Electroanalysis 17:343-347.
3. McHard JA, Foulk
SJ, Winefordner JD (1979) A Comparison of Trace
Element Contents of