Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 28(12), 1121 (2012).

Relative Enrichment of Mo in the Radicle of Peanut Seed (Arachis hypogaea), Observed by Multi-elemental Imagining with LA-ICP-MS AUTH: Yanbei ZHU,* Akiharu HIOKI,* Akihide ITOH,** Tomonari UMEMURA,*** Hiroki HARAGUCHI,*** and Koichi CHIBA* AFFL: *National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan
**Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus, Azasenbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
***Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan ABST: The distributions of eleven elements in a peanut seed were obtained by elemental imaging with laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The distribution of Mo was significantly different to those of other elements, such as K, P, and Mg. It was also confirmed that this typical enrichment of Mo was not dependent on the region where the peanut seed was planted. The enrichment of Mo was observed in the radicle of peanut seed, and was further confirmed by the isotopic ratio of Mo.