ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Multi-Element Analysis of Sicilian Citrus Fruits from Volcanic and Non-Volcanic Areas for Geographical Authentication and Food Safety Assessment.
Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study investigated the elemental composition along the soil-plant continuum of Sicilian citrus fruits grown in volcanic (Stromboli and Etna) and non-volcanic (Marsala) areas. Following microwave-assisted acid digestion, macro- and trace elements were quantified via ICP-MS in soils, whole fruits, peel, pulp, and juice. Citrus fruits from volcanic areas generally showed higher concentrations of K, P, Fe, and Al than those from Marsala. Potentially toxic elements in edible fractions were generally low, with Pb and Cd below the applicable regulatory limits. Elemental partitioning showed higher measured concentrations of several potentially toxic elements in the peel, with lower concentrations in pulp and juice. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed separation of samples according to geographical origin, while Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) achieved complete classification within the investigated dataset, with K, Al, Mg, and Ni. These findings indicate that elemental fingerprinting may support geographical characterization, together with nutritional and toxicological assessment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.