Research Article
Sanitary Risks Connected to the Consumption of Infusion from Senna rotundifolia L. Contaminated with Lead and Cadmium in Cotonou (Benin)
Table 2
Content of lead and cadmium in Senna rotundifolia L. in three markets.
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Lead (ppm) |
Cadmium (ppm) | (WHO 1998) | 0.3 | 0.2 | Markets | Dantokpa | Godomey | Vossa | Dantokpa | Godomey | Vossa |
| Senna rotundifolia | 1.711 | 2.302 | 2.833 | 0.055 | 0.345 | 0.589 | 1.823 | 2.033 | 3.199 | 0.079 | 0.359 | 0.581 | 1.677 | 1.644 | 2.226 | 0.078 | 0.298 | 0.592 | 1.986 | 1.763 | 2.6 | 0.051 | 0.315 | 0.639 | 1.928 | 1.768 | 2.807 | 0.047 | 0.323 | 0.514 |
| Mean ± SD | 1.825a | 1.902a | 2.733b | 0.062a | 0.328b | 0.583c | ±0.133 | ±0.265 | ±0.356 | ±0.015 | ±0.024 | ±0.044 |
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