Table 3.
PAHs concentration in the different types of tea.
| PAHs / Sample Code # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluorene | 19 ± 5 | 13 ± 1 | 39 ± 15 | 37 ± 1 | 17 ± 5 | 44 ± 0.7 | 21 ± 0.3 |
| Phenanthrene | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 3 ± 1 | 3 ± 0 | 1 ± 1 | 2 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0.1 |
| Anthracene | 3 ± 2 | 10 ± 1 | 21 ± 8 | 20 ± 1 | 7 ± 2 | 10 ± 0.3 | 10 ± 0.3 |
| Pyrene | 86 ± 13 | 53 ± 2 | 161 ± 18 | 91 ± 51 | 970 ± 25.3 | 103 ± 3.8 | |
| Benz(a) anthracene | 1 ± 0 | 5 ± 0 | 11 ± 2 | 6 ± 0 | 4 ± 2 | 5 ± 0.1 | 5 ± 0.2 |
| Chrysene | 100 ± 44 | 95 ± 1 | 240 ± 42 | 138 ± 11 | 106 ± 78 | 214 ± 112 | 119 ± 7.3 |
| Benzo(b)fluoranthene | 1 ± 0 | 4 ± 0 | 8 ± 1 | 5 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 5 ± 1 | 4 ± 0.1 |
| Benzo(k)fluoranthene | 2 ± 0 | 6 ± 1 | 4 ± 2 | 1 ± 0 | 3 ± 1 | 2 ± 0.1 | |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | 2 ± 0 | 5 ± 0 | 14 ± 2 | 14 ± 5 | 3 ± 2 | 10 ± 4 | 6 ± 0.3 |
| Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 18 ± 6 | 38 ± 0 | 86 ± 21 | 71 ± 28 | 14 ± 11 | 49 ± 11 | 25 ± 1.4 |
| Dibenz(a,h)anthracene | 9 ± 0 | 26 ± 3 | 31 ± 15 | 20 ± 3 | 12 ± 0.7 | ||
| Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 8 ± 4 | 5 ± 2 | 1 ± 0 | 5 ± 2 | 3 ± 0.2 | ||
| Total | 231 | 235 | 462 | 495 | 246 | 1337 | 312 |
| PAHs / Sample Code # | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Methylnaphthalene | 24 ± 3.0 | ||||||
| Acenaphthene | 12 ± 1.0 | ||||||
| Fluorene | 10 ± 0.2 | 28 ± 0.4 | 29 ± 0.8 | 16 ± 0.4 | 14 ± 0.6 | 48 ± 0.2 | 39 ± 1.0 |
| Phenanthrene | 3 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0.0 | 4 ± 0 | 2 ± 0 | |||
| Anthracene | 3 ± 0.1 | 6 ± 0.2 | 13 ± 0.4 | 4 ± 0.3 | 4 ± 0.0 | 31 ± 0.2 | 8 ± 1.0 |
| Pyrene | 57 ± 1.3 | 160 ± 4.8 | 104 ± 3.8 | 77 ± 1.7 | 98 ± 1.4 | 173 ± 4.6 | 142 ± 15.0 |
| Benz(a) anthracene | 2 ± 0.1 | 4 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0.2 | 18 ± 1.0 | 2 ± 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 50 ± 2.5 | 113 ± 9.0 | 103 ± 7.1 | 98 ± 6.6 | 85 ± 5.0 | 365 ± 9.0 | 57 ± 18 |
| Benzo(b)fluoranthene | 1 ± 0 | 2 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0.0 | 14 ± 1.0 | 2 ± 0 | |
| Benzo(k)fluoranthene | 1 ± 0.0 | 1 ± 0.0 | 9 ± 0.3 | 4 ± 0.1 | |||
| Benzo(a)pyrene | 3 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0.2 | 4 ± 0.2 | 3 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0.1 | 29 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 1 |
| Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 18 ± 0.8 | 14 ± 0.6 | 15 ± 0.7 | 20 ± 0.4 | 27 ± 0.4 | 119 ± 0.2 | 25 ± 0 |
| Dibenz(a,h)anthracene | 5 ± 0.1 | 4 ± 0.3 | 8 ± 0.5 | 7 ± 0.2 | 7 ± 0.1 | 58 ± 2.1 | 2 ± 0.1 |
| Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 2 ± 0.1 | 15 ± 0.1 | |||||
| Total | 147 | 332 | 287 | 226 | 246 | 883 | 321 |
| PAHs / Sample Code # | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluorene | 24 ± 0.3 | 15 ± 0.2 | 12 ± 0 | 10 ± 0.2 | 11 ± 0.1 | 15 ± 0.4 | 27 ± 0.6 |
| Phenanthrene | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 2 ± 0 | |||
| Anthracene | 7 ± 0.3 | 3 ± 0.2 | 3 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0 | 5 ± 0.3 | 12 ± 0.4 |
| Pyrene | 57 ± 3.3 | 74 ± 1.3 | 73 ± 1.9 | 54 ± 0.3 | 57 ± 1.9 | 110 ± 1.2 | |
| Benz(a) anthracene | 2 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 2 ± 0.1 | 4 ± 0.1 | |
| Chrysene | 52 ± 1.9 | 27 ± 3.0 | 30 ± 0.8 | 37 ± 1.2 | 55 ± 2.7 | 41 ± 2.0 | 183 ± 8.6 |
| Benzo(b)fluoranthene | 2 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 4 ± 0.1 | |||
| Benzo(k)fluoranthene | 2 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0.1 | |||||
| Benzo(a)pyrene | 2 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0 | 2 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0.1 | 5 ± 0.2 | 12 ± 0.1 |
| Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 26 ± 0.9 | 10 ± 1.0 | 13 ± 0.1 | 9 ± 0.5 | 7 ± 0.5 | 21 ± 0.7 | 42 ± 0.9 |
| Dibenz(a,h)anthracene | 6 ± 0.3 | 4 ± 0.2 | 5 ± 0 | 7 ± 0.2 | 8 ± 0.4 | 15 ± 0.6 | |
| Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 4 ± 0.3 | ||||||
| Total | 123 | 120 | 141 | 143 | 134 | 154 | 418 |
| PAHs / Sample Code # | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluorene | 27 ± 0.7 | 14 ± 0.8 | 22 ± 0.5 | 38 ± 0.5 | 9 ± 0.3 | 12 ± 0.1 | 7 ± 0.2 |
| Phenanthrene | 2 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 3 ± 0.1 | |||
| Anthracene | 12 ± 0.3 | 8 ± 0.4 | 4 ± 0.1 | 18 ± 1.0 | 1 ± 0 | 2 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0 |
| Pyrene | 118 ± 2.3 | 46 ± 1.7 | 113 ± 1.5 | 140 ± 3.7 | 62 ± 1.3 | 66 ± 0.4 | 39 ± 0.2 |
| Benz(a) anthracene | 3 ± 0.0 | 2 ± 0.1 | 6 ± 0.3 | 1 ± 0 | |||
| Chrysene | 150 ± 6.1 | 103 ± 4.3 | 45 ± 1.6 | 240 ± 19.9 | 31 ± 1.2 | 17 ± 0.1 | 37 ± 2.1 |
| Benzo(b)fluoranthene | 3 ± 0.1 | 3 ± 0.1 | 1 ± 0 | 5 ± 0.3 | 1 ± 0 | ||
| Benzo(k)fluoranthene | 2 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0.1 | 4 ± 0.1 | ||||
| Benzo(a)pyrene | 10 ± 0.1 | 7 ± 0.2 | 2 ± 0.1 | 12 ± 0.3 | 2 ± 0 | 2 ± 0 | |
| Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 38 ± 0.5 | 27 ± 0.7 | 18 ± 1.2 | 29 ± 0.7 | 16 ± 0.4 | 4 ± 0.1 | 11 ± 0.5 |
| Dibenz(a,h)anthracene | 13 ± 0.5 | 33 ± 3.4 | 4 ± 0.3 | 13 ± 0.1 | 5 ± 0 | 3 ± 0 | |
| Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 4 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0.1 | 2 ± 0 | ||||
| Total | 382 | 248 | 212 | 508 | 126 | 101 | 103 |