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| Microwave-Assisted Extraction and Identification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Grilled Meat (Suya) products in basawa Zaria, Northern Nigeria. |
Olabimtan Olabode.H, Okibe Ora. P, Suleman Stephen.M, Benedict Odjobo & Agboni Mercy.O
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Abstract:
Grilled meat or suya in local parlance in Nigeria is the traditional and commonly practice manner of cooking meat which involves direct contact with wood combustion fumes, which was the agent of PAHs contamination was analyzed (identification) with a rapid method involving microwave-assisted saponification and simultaneous extraction, separation, and identifications (GCMS). Sixteen (16) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) US relevant PAHs were isolated as low molecular weight [flourene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, naphthalene, acenaphthylene, and acenaphthene] and high molecular weight [Benz (a) anthracene, chrysene, benzo (b ) fluoranthene, benzo ( k) fluoranthene, benzo (a) pyrene, dibenzo(a, h) anthracene, benzo(g, h, i)perylene, indenol(1,2,3,-c,d) pyrene] PAHs. GCMS peak number 1(phenanthrene), 2(acenaphthene) 3(fluorene), 4(acenaphthylene), 5(anthracene), 6(fluoranthene), 7(naphthalene), 9(pyrene) and 16(benzo (g, h, i) perylene) respectively and as non-carcinogenic PAHs, while 8(Chrysene), 10(Benzo (a) anthracene), 12(Benzo (b) fluoranthene), 13(Benzo (k) fluoranthene), 14[Indenol(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene] respectively and as potential carcinogens & 11(Dibenzo (a,h) anthracene) as the only direct carcinogenic PAH in grilled meat product (Suya) obtained in basawa Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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