Trace Determination of Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates: Application in Artificially Polluted Soil—Carrots System

Table 1

Number of carrots per pot; dry matter production; LASs concentration in soil, and LASs concentration in carrots. Mean values of four replications followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different at 𝑃<.05, ± SE, standard error in variance analysis.

Line			Control carrots	LASs carrots
1	Number of pots	—	6	6
2	Number of carrots per pot	carrot	7.00 ±0.50^b	6.25 ± 0.48^b
3	Dry matter production (mg per plant, mean ± S.E.)	Peel	82.5 ±4.8^a	85.0 ±23.6^a
		Core	188.0 ±9.5^a	197.0 ±54.2^a
		Leaves	210.0 ±15.7^a	233.0 ±19.7^a
4	Total content of LASs in soil (initial)(mg kg^−1 dry matter, mean ± SE)	Soil	50 ± 4	500 ± 20
5	Total content of LASs in carrot plants(mg kg^−1 dry matter, mean ± SE)	Peel	0.47 ± 0.04	0.63 ± 0.06
		Core	0.26 ± 0.03	0.31 ± 0.03
		Leaves	0.06 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.02