Pharmaceutical Point of View on Parenteral Nutrition

Table 3

Content of heavy metals in raw materials used in production of parenteral nutrition [26].

Element	Certified value	Amino acids	Glucose	Lipids
	[µg/kg]
As	26.67±0.41	26.2±1.3	27.2±1.2	26.9±1.2
Cd	22.79±0.96	22.8±1.2	23.1±1.1	22.9±0.8
Pb	27.89±0.14	27.0±1.4	27.7±1.3	27.8±1.2
Hg*	1.590±0.018	1.57±0.07	1.56±0.06	1.61±0.08
Cr	38.6±1.6	37.5±1.9	38.2±1.6	37.9±1.3
Cu	85.2±1.2	87.5±3.9	86.2±4.2	84.3±4.1
Mn	121.5±1.1	120±5.1	120±6.0	123±5.8
Mo	46.75±0.26	46.8±2.2	46.0±2.2	47.4±2.3
Ni	27.40±0.80	27.0±1.3	26.7±1.3	27.3±1.1
V	12.99±0.37	12.9±0.6	13.2±0.6	12.9±0.5

∗Results are in [mg/kg].