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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 19, Pages 12072-12080Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03001
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [41977375, 21661132001]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC1800502]
- Natural Science Fund for Jiangsu Distinguished Young Scholar [BK20180025]
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Consumption of rice (Oryza sativa) is the major dietary source of cadmium (Cd) for populations with rice as the staple. Little is known about the distribution and chemical speciation of Cd in rice grain, which is critical in determining the bioavailability of Cd to humans. We used synchrotron-based techniques for analyses of the speciation and distribution of Cd in rice grain. The majority of the Cd in rice grain was present as Cd-thiolate complexes (66-92%), likely in the form of Cd bound with thiol-rich proteins. The remainder was present as Cd-carboxyl compounds and Cd-histidine. Elemental mapping showed two different patterns of Cd distribution, one with an even distribution throughout the entire grain and the other with a preferential distribution in the outer tissues (aleurone layer and outer starchy endosperm). The distribution pattern is important as it affects the removal of Cd during milling. On average, milling reduced grain Cd concentrations by 23.5% (median of 27.5%), although the range varied widely from a 64.7% decrease to a 22.2% increase, depending upon the concentration of Cd in the bran. We found that the variation in the distribution pattern of Cd in the rice grain was due to a temporal change in the supply of Cd from the soil porewater during grain filling. These results have important implications for Cd bioavailability in human diets.
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