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. 2019 Oct 12;8(10):487. doi: 10.3390/foods8100487

Table 6.

Estimated daily intake per kg of body weight (EDIBW, mg/kg body weight/day) and health risk index (HRI) resulting from the consumption (20 g per day) of microgreens or baby greens of S. minor, S. arvensis, and T. officinale.

Metal Microgreens Baby Greens
S. minor S. arvensis T. officinale S. minor S. arvensis T. officinale
Fe (RfD = 0.7) EDIBW 0.007565 0.027538 0.035613 0.026045 0.008454 0.010773
HRI 0.010808 0.039339 0.050876 0.037207 0.012077 0.015391
Cu (RfD = 0.01) EDIBW 0.000553 0.000447 0.00068 0.000735 0.000363 0.000575
HRI 0.013835 0.011178 0.016994 0.018383 0.009082 0.014373
Zn (RfD = 0.3) EDIBW 0.002037 0.001861 0.000764 0.002502 0.001398 0.000581
HRI 0.006791 0.006203 0.002548 0.008341 0.00466 0.001936
Mn (RfD = 0.14) EDIBW 0.008124 0.007378 0.006466 0.043143 0.017535 0.010253
HRI 0.058028 0.0527 0.046187 0.308164 0.125247 0.073234
Cr (RfD = 0.003) EDIBW 0.000265 0.000341 0.001459 0.00157 0.000083 0.000454
HRI 0.088223 0.113652 0.486246 0.523397 0.027814 0.151333
Se (RfD = 0.005) EDIBW 0.00008 0.000042 0.000072 0.000101 0.00003 0.000087
HRI 0.016061 0.00835 0.014472 0.020196 0.006007 0.017484
Mo (RfD = 0.005) EDIBW 0.000007 0.000008 0.000006 0.000019 0.000007 0.000012
HRI 0.001313 0.001546 0.001279 0.003879 0.001364 0.002323
Co (RfD = 0.0003) EDIBW 0.000015 0.000037 0.000067 0.000037 0.00001 0.00002
HRI 0.049521 0.124754 0.223107 0.12494 0.031681 0.067146
Ni (RfD = 0.02) EDIBW 0.000196 0.000192 0.00077 0.000795 0.00004 0.00023
HRI 0.009811 0.009592 0.038497 0.039736 0.001977 0.011521
As (RfD = 0.0003) EDIBW 0.000006 0.000003 0.000006 0.000011 0.000005 0.000024
HRI 0.020747 0.009076 0.018335 0.035316 0.01538 0.07893
Cd (RfD = 0.001) EDIBW 0.000001 0.000001 0.000002 0.000002 0.000001 0.000003
HRI 0.001003 0.001342 0.001767 0.002385 0.001467 0.002715

RfD = oral reference dose (mg/kg/body weight/day) according to USEPA (2013).