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. 2021 Jan 21;9(2):216. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020216

Table 3.

Heavy metals occurrence in Croatian cereals.

Compound Maize (n = 15) Wheat (n = 7)
F% (n) Median conc. mg/kg (min.–max. conc.) F% (n) Median conc. mg/kg (min.–max. conc.)
Lead <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD
Cadmium <LOD <LOD 85.7 (6) 0.042 (0.007–0.080)
Arsenic <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD
Mercury 86.7 (13) 0.014 (0.011–0.016) 100.0 (7) 0.012 (0.009–0.014)

n—number of samples; F—frequency (occurrence), number of samples with mycotoxin concentration above detection limit; <LOD—below detection limit.