Discrimination of geographical origin of Korean and Chinese red pepper paste via inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry

Hur, Suel Hye; Jeon, Hwang-Ju; Lee, Ji Hye; Baek, Eun Joo; Kim, Hyoyoung; Kim, Ho Jin

doi:10.1186/s40538-024-00559-z

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 Contents of the inorganic elements determined using ICP-MS (unit: µg∙kg⁻¹)

From: Discrimination of geographical origin of Korean and Chinese red pepper paste via inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry

Element	Korea		Chinese
Element	Max	Average	Max	Average
⁹Be*	0.89	0.02	5.44	1.24
⁴⁸Ti	4896.59	2075.45	3555.80	2265.45
⁵¹ V*	90.80	18.79	446.28	63.89
⁵²Cr	27583.17	962.70	2556.86	525.70
⁵⁵Mn*	15713.13	15037.42	18331.09	11749.11
⁵⁹Co*	132.11	55.86	76.56	43.30
⁶⁰Ni	73695.93	2909.93	1485.27	657.76
⁶³Cu*	8780.86	3444.14	4117.29	2721.67
⁷¹ Ga*	76.15	57.12	63.38	52.70
⁷²Ge*	3.73	1.18	3.44	1.62
⁷⁵As*	188.90	83.78	81.34	47.17
⁷⁸Se	164.56	27.09	63.62	27.16
⁸⁸Sr*	30477.02	10650.45	9656.69	5099.18
⁹⁰Zr*	222.92	175.73	211.98	161.71
⁹³Nb	0.77	0.02	3.07	0.18
⁹⁵Mo*	4160.37	852.08	643.71	317.34
¹⁰¹Ru	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
¹⁰³Rh	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
¹⁰⁵Pd	17.68	5.58	18.68	4.75
¹⁰⁷Ag	1.59	0.03	0.00	0.00
¹¹¹Cd*	45.98	27.75	30.88	17.57
¹¹⁸Sn*	2196.72	1679.27	1945.29	1580.31
¹²¹Sb	6.25	0.46	3.04	0.16
¹²⁵Te*	0.91	0.05	2.63	0.25
¹³³Cs*	24.23	13.08	26.92	18.30
¹³⁷Ba*	2543.35	1566.87	3232.03	1854.54
¹³⁹La*	26.63	7.25	34.60	16.93
¹⁴⁰Ce	2651.33	1911.69	2423.30	1875.03
¹⁴¹Pr*	5.98	0.50	5.22	2.19
¹⁴⁶Nd*	31.30	5.78	29.93	15.05
¹⁴⁷Sm*	3.57	0.09	4.13	1.12
¹⁵³Eu*	0.46	0.05	1.04	0.15
¹⁵⁷Gd	81.00	59.50	73.23	60.08
¹⁶³Dy*	1.61	0.04	2.65	0.61
¹⁶⁵Ho	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
¹⁶⁶Er	0.14	0.00	0.38	0.02
¹⁶⁹Tm	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
¹⁷²Yb	0.15	0.00	0.21	0.01
¹⁷⁵Lu	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
¹⁷⁸Hf*	3.31	1.73	3.81	2.60
¹⁸¹Ta	0.00	0.00	2.62	0.10
¹⁸²W*	200.67	7.81	110.23	25.51
¹⁸⁵Re	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
¹⁸⁹Os	5.60	0.13	46.45	2.07
¹⁹³Ir	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
¹⁹⁵Pt	11.18	0.60	5.59	0.29
¹⁹⁷Au*	50.34	2.84	251.10	18.33
²⁰⁵Tl	9.63	2.25	10.81	2.67
²⁰⁸Pb*	114.19	49.04	53.13	42.00
²³²Th*	6.47	0.20	5.77	2.40
²³⁸U	17.97	2.63	7.17	1.49

^*The comparison of relative levels of elements in different groups revealed a significant difference between the Korean and Chinese red pepper pastes (p < 0.05)

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