Samuel C. Onuoha

Proximate Composition, Essential Heavy Metal Concentrations and Nutrient Density of the Mycelium and Fruiting Bodies of Organically Cultivated Pleurotus ostreatus

Samuel C. Onuoha, Prince N. Okoroh & Ruth A. Tom-Quinn · Journal of Applied Life Sciences International · 2021

Proximate composition, essential heavy metal concentration of fruiting bodies (POFB) and mycelium (POMY) of Pleurotus ostreatus were conducted using standard methods. Moisture content was higher (9.79%) in POFB than in POMY (8.76%) on dry weight basis. Ash was higher in POFB(6.25...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930260

Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seafood from Southern Nigeria’s Coastal Regions

Samson Eruke Okoro, Ellena Sylver-Ikurusi & Samuel C. Onuoha · Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry · 2025

Aim: The levels of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in tilapia fish, prawn, oyster and periwinkle samples from southern Nigeria’s coastal regions were evaluated to determine possible human health risk associated with consumption. Study Design: Ten (10) sam...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrb/2025/v15i1355