Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic via Consumption of Herbs Collected in Thailand

Table 5

Intake rates of the studied herbs.

Herb	Intake rate
	Average intake (g/day)	95 Percentile intake (g/day)
Bird’s eye chili	1.49	9.60
Cayenne pepper	1.49	9.60
Celery	0.94	3.75
Garlic	3.36	10.0
Holy basil	0.18	1.00
Kitchen mint	0.94	3.75
Lemongrass	2.87	13.4
Pepper	0.13	0.50
Shallot	2.68	9.00
Sweet basil	0.18	1.00

Probability distribution of intake rate was conducted by Monte Carlo simulation using @RISK software version 5.5 of Palisade cooperation.