Table 1.

Mean levels and range (mg kg⁻¹) for nitrate and nitrite in some stews.

Kind of stew	Samples	Nitrate		Nitrite
		Mean	Min–Max	Mean	Min–Max
Gheimeh stew	23	20.97a	6.82–56	19.99a	1.43–58
Eggplant stew	19	39.2a	2.3–116	18.17a	<LOD–50.4
Ghormeh stew	25	105.45b	15–186.6	23.8a	2.1–86.5
Celery stew	15	136.76c	56–218	38.23a	10.6–87.5
Fesenjan stew	20	42.26a	10.54–106.5	18.43b	3.1–36

^a,b,cLeast squares means within the same row without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).