Table 3.
Chemical element content in pemba and kichuguu eaten by pregnant women
| |
Location |
Sample
|
Total chemical element in
mg/kg
|
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sourced | Identity | As | Cd | Cr | Cu | Fe | Hg | Mn | Ni | Pb | Zn | |
|
Pemba |
Kigoma |
KIG 01 |
0.290 |
<0.001 |
114 |
58.6 |
85607 |
<0.001 |
289 |
59.0 |
<0.01 |
101 |
| |
KIG 02 |
0.490 |
<0.001 |
146 |
62.4 |
88382 |
<0.001 |
288 |
60.7 |
<0.01 |
104 |
|
| |
KIG 03 |
0.310 |
<0.001 |
111 |
63.1 |
89756 |
<0.001 |
283 |
63.4 |
<0.01 |
78.1 |
|
| |
KIG 04 |
0.270 |
<0.001 |
119 |
68.0 |
87269 |
<0.001 |
284 |
63.9 |
<0.01 |
80.4 |
|
| |
Mean
|
0.340 |
- |
123 |
63.0 |
87754 |
- |
286 |
61.8 |
- |
90.9 |
|
| |
SD
|
0.101 |
- |
16.0 |
3.9 |
1756 |
- |
2.9 |
2.3 |
- |
13.5 |
|
|
Musoma |
MSG 01 |
0.200 |
<0.001 |
65.0 |
27.5 |
34643 |
<0.001 |
1290 |
4.0 |
1.9 |
20.7 |
|
| |
MSG 02 |
0.190 |
<0.001 |
68.5 |
27.9 |
34534 |
<0.001 |
1312 |
4.7 |
2.8 |
23.1 |
|
| |
MSG 03 |
0.460 |
<0.001 |
98.3 |
58.9 |
34663 |
<0.001 |
1436 |
42.2 |
<0.01 |
68.3 |
|
| |
MSG 04 |
0.390 |
<0.001 |
94.7 |
58.9 |
35491 |
<0.001 |
1400 |
42.4 |
<0.01 |
28.1 |
|
| |
|
Mean
|
0.310 |
- |
81.6 |
43.3 |
34833 |
- |
1360 |
23.3 |
2.4 |
35.1 |
| |
|
SD
|
0.136 |
- |
17.3 |
18.0 |
442 |
- |
69.7 |
21.9 |
0.636 |
22.4 |
|
Kichuguu |
Katolo |
KTG 01 |
4.8 |
0.025 |
108 |
61.5 |
35878 |
0.039 |
861 |
51.3 |
7.4 |
45.5 |
| |
KTG 02 |
4.6 |
<0.001 |
98.5 |
62.3 |
57916 |
0.065 |
762 |
53.8 |
6.4 |
38.5 |
|
|
Rwamagasa |
RWG 01 |
14.8 |
0.092 |
97.3 |
79.7 |
55983 |
0.056 |
671 |
45.4 |
2.9 |
101 |
|
| |
RWG 02 |
19.7 |
0.220 |
287 |
169 |
68922 |
0.075 |
1325 |
128 |
3.9 |
112 |
|
|
Geita |
GTG 01 |
0.790 |
<0.001 |
103 |
46.4 |
33884 |
0.020 |
571 |
60.8 |
1.5 |
24.4 |
|
| |
GTG 02 |
3.0 |
0.044 |
41.5 |
67.4 |
43929 |
0.037 |
828 |
39.4 |
6.0 |
27.8 |
|
|
Kasamwa |
KSG 01 |
3.1 |
0.035 |
133 |
53.8 |
45600 |
0.039 |
1303 |
65.9 |
6.2 |
28.7 |
|
| |
KSG 02 |
4.5 |
0.035 |
68.8 |
58.7 |
51649 |
0.032 |
1243 |
43.4 |
5.8 |
30.7 |
|
|
Nyankumbu |
NYG 01 |
3.2 |
0.016 |
132 |
50.0 |
42919 |
0.015 |
1343 |
69.8 |
5.8 |
25.6 |
|
| |
NYG 02 |
5.3 |
<0.001 |
108 |
52.9 |
38765 |
0.041 |
529 |
55.9 |
7.0 |
26.8 |
|
|
Bukoli |
BKG 01 |
3.3 |
0.016 |
73.0 |
63.4 |
46401 |
0.022 |
761 |
83.1 |
9.4 |
41.8 |
|
| |
BKG 02 |
3.6 |
<0.001 |
99.9 |
51.1 |
45912 |
0.052 |
602 |
56.6 |
8.3 |
45.3 |
|
|
Chikobe |
CHG 01 |
5.0 |
<0.001 |
246 |
69.9 |
72204 |
0.072 |
2515 |
101 |
11.3 |
34.5 |
|
| |
CKG 02 |
5.9 |
0.016 |
216 |
61.4 |
56838 |
0.074 |
1251 |
113 |
8.7 |
29.2 |
|
| |
|
Mean
|
5.8 |
0.055 |
129 |
67.7 |
49771 |
0.046 |
1040 |
69.1 |
6.5 |
43.7 |
| SD | 5.1 | 0.066 | 70.7 | 30.5 | 11501 | 0.020 | 522 | 27.3 | 2.6 | 27.6 | ||
As=arsenic; Cd=cadmium; Cr=chromium; Cu=copper; Fe=iron; Hg=mercury; Mn=manganese; Ni=nickel; Pb=lead; Zn=zinc.