Study and Determination of As, Cr, and Pb in Amaranth Seeds

Table 2

Concentration of As, Cr, and Pb in A. dubius, A. cruentus, and A. hypochondriacus.

	A. dubius		A. cruentus		A. hypochondriacus
	Mean^a	SD^b	Mean^a	SD^b	Mean^a	SD^b
As	0.76	0.08	<0.5	—	<0.5	—
Cr	8.19	0.12	1.15	0.08	1.20	0.07
Pb	19.04	1.03	30.20	1.25	35.56	1.52

aExpressed in mg kg⁻¹ of dried seed.
^bStandard deviation (𝑛=20).