Table 4.
Target hazard quotient (THQ; noncarcinogenic risk) of trace elements from consuming vegetables.
| Vegetables | THQ | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cu | Zn | Pb | Cd | As | TTHQ | |||||||
| Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | |
| C. annuum | 0.070 | 0.179 | 0.175 | 0.446 | 6.169 × 10−4 | 1.575 × 10−3 | 1.288 × 10−3 | 3.288 × 10−3 | 2.762 × 10−3 | 7.052 × 10−3 | 2.497 × 10−1 | 6.369 × 10−1 |
| S. melongena | 0.123 | 0.313 | 0.463 | 1.181 | 5.520 × 10−4 | 1.409 × 10−3 | 3.086 × 10−3 | 7.879 × 10−3 | 3.482 × 10−3 | 8.890 × 10−3 | 5.931 × 10−1 | 1.512 |
| L. esculentum | 0.034 | 0.087 | 0.105 | 0.269 | 3.017 × 10−3 | 7.702 × 10−3 | 1.014 × 10−3 | 2.590 × 10−3 | 2.459 × 10−4 | 6.279 × 10−4 | 1.433 × 10−1 | 3.669 × 10−1 |
| V. sesquipedalis | 0.068 | 0.173 | 0.292 | 0.746 | 8.839 × 10−4 | 2.257 × 10−3 | 2.844 × 10−4 | 7.262 × 10−4 | 4.973 × 10−4 | 1.270 × 10−3 | 3.617 × 10−1 | 9.233 × 10−1 |
| G. max | 0.116 | 0.297 | 0.488 | 1.246 | 1.255 × 10−3 | 3.205 × 10−3 | 6.896 × 10−4 | 1.761 × 10−3 | 2.106 × 10−3 | 5.378 × 10−3 | 6.081 × 10−1 | 1.553 |
| D. lablab | 0.069 | 0.175 | 0.233 | 0.595 | 6.309 × 10−3 | 1.611 × 10−2 | 6.252 × 10−4 | 1.596 × 10−3 | 5.614 × 10−4 | 1.433 × 10−3 | 3.095 × 10−1 | 7.891 × 10−1 |
| L. cylindrica | 0.054 | 0.138 | 0.145 | 0.369 | 6.085 × 10−4 | 1.554 × 10−3 | 1.095 × 10−3 | 2.797 × 10−3 | 3.431 × 10−4 | 8.760 × 10−4 | 2.010 × 10−1 | 5.122 × 10−1 |
| C. sativus | 0.023 | 0.060 | 0.099 | 0.254 | 1.144 × 10−3 | 2.920 × 10−3 | 2.605 × 10−4 | 6.652 × 10−4 | 8.663 × 10−4 | 2.212 × 10−3 | 1.243 × 10−1 | 3.198 × 10−1 |
| TTHQ a | 0.557 | 1.422 | 2.000 | 5.106 | 1.439 × 10−2 | 3.673 × 10−2 | 8.343 × 10−3 | 2.130 × 10−2 | 1.086 × 10−2 | 2.774 × 10−2 | HI b = 2.591 | HI = 6.614 |
Notes: a TTHQ (Total THQ); b HI (Hazard Index).