o:485 Comparative study on the elemental composition of different parts of cultivated Physalis alkekengi (Solanaceae) en Abstract: This study aimed at analyzing and comparing the elemental composition of different parts of cultivated Physalis alkekengi (ljoskavac): rhizome with roots, stem with leaves, fruit, and inflated calyx. The contents of twenty- -one macro- and micro-elements were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). In addition, the patterns of the distributions of both macro- and micro-elements were subjected to AHC analysis which gave different grouping of samples in sub-clusters. Generally, potassium, calcium, iron, and aluminum were the most abundant elements, but with different distribution in examined parts. High contents of iron and aluminum were detected in a stem with leaves, followed with samples of rhizome with roots and calyx, while potassium dominates in samples of calyx and stem with leaves. Edible fruits did not contain potentially toxic metals in concentration higher than permissible limits, wherein the lowest contents of lead and aluminum were detected; cadmium was under limit of quantification. Arsenic, mercury, and thallium were below the method detection limit. Keywords: ljoskavac; ICP-OES; macro- and microelements; AHC. 91552100 66096137 1552099 10.2298/JSC210712079J 2022-06-26T19:23:11.817Z 44 no 46 Snežana Jovanović Univerzitet u Nišu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za hemiju ; University of Niš, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry Jelena Mrmošanin Univerzitet u Nišu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za hemiju ; University of Niš, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry person Bojan Zlatković Univerzitet u Nišu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za biologiju i ekologiju; University of Niš, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology person Miloš Đukić Univerzitet u Nišu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za hemiju ; University of Niš, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry person Aleksandra Pavlović Univerzitet u Nišu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za hemiju ; University of Niš, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry person Gordana Stojanović Univerzitet u Nišu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za hemiju ; University of Niš, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry person application/pdf 2745277 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:485 no yes 18 70 92000001 Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. - ISSN 0352-5139 86 12 1271 1279 2021