Quality Assurance of Hot Beverages with special reference to Copper element
Preeti Sharma1 , Ishrat Alim1 , Sarita Shrivastava2 and Akansha Gavsindhe3
1
Quality Assurance Laboratory,
M.P. Council of Science and Technology,
Vigyan Bhavan,
Science Hills,
Nehru Nagar
Bhopal
India
2
Department of Chemistry MVAM,
Bhopal,
India
3
Department of Biotechnology,
AMITY University,
Noida,
India
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.6.2.13
Camellia sinensis originated in South East Asia, specifically around the intersection in the point of confluence of the lands of northeast India, north Burma, southwest China and Tibet. The plant was introduced to more than 52 countries, from this ‘centre of origin’." Instant coffee is a beverage prepared by various processes in which again it is dehydrated into the form of powder or granules. These can be rehydrated with hot water to provide a drink similar (though not identical) to conventional coffee. Chicory, used as a coffee substitute and additive with other adulterants like sugar beet and mustard seeds used as an ingredient of the mixed coffee, introduced during the coffee crisis happened in 1976-79. According to traditional folklore, long-term use of chicory as a coffee substitute may damage human retinal tissue, with dimming of vision over time and other long term effects. Similarly, copper salts are being used commonly as an eradicant and protectant against a fungus. Therefore there is an urgent need of detecting the copper bioconcentration in the samples, hence present problem has been sorted out and it was found that no absorption or the uptake of the salt by the plant and ultimate crop or its allied product is safe for human consumption.
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Sharma P, Alim I, Shrivastava S, Gavasindhe A. Quality Assurance of Hot Beverages with Special Reference to Copper Element. Curr World Environ 2011:6;283-286 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.6.2.13
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Sharma P, Alim I, Shrivastava S, Gavasindhe A. Quality Assurance of Hot Beverages with Special Reference to Copper Element. Curr World Environ [serial online] 2011;6:283-286. Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=1417
