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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: Food Chem Toxicol. 2015 Apr 28;82:50–58. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.04.016

Table 4.

Concentrations of twelve polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (n=3), including one IARC group 1 carcinogen and two IARC group 2B carcinogens, detected in the various rapé samples.

ACL ACT FLU PHE ANT FLR PYR BAA CHR BBFa BKFa BAPa PAH Sum b ng/g, wet
----------Average, ng/g, wet weight, n=3----------
LOD (ng/g) 10.3 2.16 13.3 6.71 3.56 7.35 5.65 1.56 1.42 0.79 0.53 1.01

Rapé (manufactured, non-tobacco)
Rapé Cacitral <LOD <LOD <LOD 11.4 <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.18 3.51 16.1
Rapé Guarany Cristal <LOD <LOD <LOD 10.4 <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.41 <LOD 4.6 16.4

Rapé (manufactured, tobacco-containing)
Rapé Guarany Especial <LOD <LOD <LOD 36.8 19 11.2 37.5 <LOD 3.18 2.69 1.27 11.1 123
Rapé Guarany Especial (Canela) 12.3 8.04 <LOD 35.3 21.2 13.9 25.6 <LOD 3.15 2.91 1.24 7.29 131
Rapé Guarany Cravo <LOD 2.86 35.5 106 12.5 40.7 60.8 50.0 7.59 4.28 2.64 10.4 333
Rapé Moeda Especial 11.0 4.83 <LOD 132 14.2 81.7 68.5 17.8 28.6 23.2 9.83 16.3 408
Rapé Caratinga Mentolado LOD 2.26 <LOD 15.6 <LOD <LOD 9.4 <LOD 4.21 2.44 <LOD 3.59 37.5
Rapé Caratinga Imburana <LOD 4.7 <LOD 41.0 3.68 11.4 22.7 <LOD 7.64 3.72 2.35 5.86 103
Rapé Araçá Cravo e Canela 16.3 3.27 <LOD 51.4 6.59 9.43 15.2 <LOD 5.85 3.3 2.43 5.54 119
Rapé Moeda Girassol 46.4 9.9 29.4 127 34.2 42.9 102 12.8 23.0 14.4 4.04 12.7 459
Rapé Real (flavored) <LOD 2.23 20.8 68.6 10.4 13.8 46.5 3.72 8.28 6.3 4.23 15.1 200

Rapé (custom-made, tobacco-containing)
Rapé Kashinawá <LOD <LOD 20.4 99 15.1 7.9 60.2 1.84 24.41 5.4 2.69 5.22 242
Rapé Nu-nu 14.9 13.6 16.2 159 10.4 83.1 53.5 <LOD 211 3.16 6.38 24.3 596

Minimum detected 11.0 2.23 16.2 10.4 1.87 7.9 9.4 1.84 3.00 1.41 1.18 3.51 16.1
Maximum detected 62.9 16.5 35.5 159 34.2 83.1 102 50.0 211 23.2 9.83 24.3 596

Abbreviations: acenaphthene (ACL), acenaphthylene (ACT), anthracene (ANT), benzo[e]pyrene (BEP), chrysene (CHR), fluoranthene (FLR), fluorine (FLU), naphthalene (NAP), phenanthrene (PHE), pyrene (PYR), and benzo[a]pyrene (BAP). Note: Naphthalene (NAP) was not detected above the LOD in any of the products analyzed.

a

Three IARC carcinogens, including a group 1 carcinogen, benzo[a]pyrene, and two group 2B carcinogens (benzo[b] fluoranthene (BBF) and benzo[k] fluoranthene) (BKF), were analyzed in these samples. IARC=International Agency for Research on Cancer.

b

PAH Sum is the sum of all PAHconcentrations above the analyte LOD.