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Published in final edited form as: J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2019 Oct 29;37(4):330–355. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2019.1676600

Table 6.

Mass and percent of Ag intake by three common bean seeds.

[AgNP], ppm	Black eye		Garbanzo		Lentil
[AgNP], ppm	Mass (μg)	Percent,	Mass (μg)	Percent	Mass (μg)	Percent
2	4.6 ± 0.7	17.9 ± 2.8	16.9 ± 1.5	47.3 ± 4.1	13.3 ± 1.2	52.1 ± 4.7
5	19.5 ± 2.4	24.8 ± 3.1	39.6± 3.3	38.1 ± 3.2	10.5 ± 1.4	16.6 ± 2.2
10	55.4 ± 6.9	29.5 ± 3.7	70.1 ± 4.5	37.8± 2.4	14.8 ± 2.4	11.8 ± 1.9
20	152.8 ± 16.0	44.0 ± 4.6	133.1 ± 11.6	33.3 ± 2.9	48.8 ± 5.9	17.4 ± 2.1
50	488.3 ± 48.9	43.9 ± 4.4	566.3 ± 51.1	42.1 ± 3.8	158.5 ± 20.2	15.7 ± 2.0
2	0.3	1.2	1.1	3.2	0.9	3.5
5	1.3	1.7	2.6	2.5	0.7	1.1
10	3.7	2.0	4.7	2.5	1.0	0.8
20	10.2	2.9	8.9	2.2	3.3	1.2
50	32.6	2.9	37.8	2.8	10.6	1.0

Top half of the table shows the mass and percentage of Ag intake by a group of seeds (average ± SD, 15 seeds) while bottom part shows the average mass and percent of Ag intake by a single seed. Percent is estimated based on total mass of initial dose.