Abstract:
Nitrosamine is the derived from nitrate and it seems as one of the factors and
causes of gastrointestinal cancer in adults and methemoglobinemia (blue baby
syndrome). Eighty percent of nitrate enters to the body through vegetables and fruits; so
in this study, nitrate concentration in available vegetables and fruits in Egypt was
determined and compared with standard limit. Nitrate reading was done using HPLC, and
Excel was used to draw diagrams and statistical calculations. Daily intake estimates were
based on a national food consumption and nitric/nitrate content in various foodstuffs.
The mean intake of nitrite from Squash was exceeded the ADI among 110 vegetable
commodity, with EDI value of o.1mg/kg for children body weight and Fresh strawberry
with EDI value of 3.6 for adult body weight. And the water commodity with high and
significant EDI for both body weight.
