Importância dos minerais na tilápia (Oreochromis niloticus) e dos metais pesados em peixes: uma revisão

Abstract

Fish are of great importance in the aquatic ecosystem, can be contaminated through water and can lead to serious damage to human health, levels of toxic metals, or nutrients, vary according to the species, size, sex and habitat of the fish. The objective was to do a literature review and compile relevant data related to Tilapia minerals including those considered toxic to fish. This is a systematic review of the literature based on the analysis of articles referring to heavy metals in fish. The design of the methodology is based on the identification and selection of the databases available for the topic, Scielo, PubMed, VHL, CAPES journals, Science Direct, Scopus, Citeseer Library, until October 2020. According to some authors, well high which brings serious damage to health, and in other doses within the recommended line. It is concluded that there are species with high concentrations of heavy metals, and that there are several factors that influence the contamination of fish, such as the climate, locations of rivers, lagoons, mining period, etc.