From: Spectrophotometric determination of Cu(II) in soil and vegetable samples collected from Abraha Atsbeha, Tigray, Ethiopia using heterocyclic thiosemicarbazone
Vegetable
Amount of Cu(II) found (µg/g) by
F-AAS method
2-APT method
3-APT method
Tomato
5.4 ± 0.35
5.6 ± 0.41
6.0 ± 0.50
Cabbage
8.0 ± 0.26
8.7 ± 0.44
8.5 ± 0.46
Spinach
15 ± 0.4
16 ± 0.47
16.2 ± 0.39