Table 4.
Results obtained by ICP-OES (n=1), and XRF (n=3, mean (SD)) for a representative number of HMPs samples; blank results indicate result <MDL by ICP-OES or <IDL by XRF methods. Units are mg/kg, except where indicated.
| Name, Manufacturer Origin Indication | Lakshmivilash Ras, Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt. Ltd. India | Mahayogaraj Guggulu, Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt. Ltd. India | Suketu, Sohum Bioenergetis Natura Health Care India | ||||||
| Chronic fever & cough | Rheumatic pain | ||||||||
| Method | ICP-OES | XOS prototype | Niton | ICP-OES | XOS prototype | Niton | ICP-OES | XOS prototype | Niton |
| As | 28 | 65 (4) | 46 (15) | 0.73% | 0.40 (0.01)% | 1.3 (0.06)% | 720 | 2930 (463) | 736 (625) |
| Cd | 17 (3) | 178 (4) | |||||||
| Hg | 5.5% | 8.9 (0.40)% | 4.6 (0.06)% | 4.7% | 3.0 (0.09)% | 2.9 (0.14)% | 6.0% | 17 (1.3)% | 2.9 (2.5)% |
| Pb | 20 (12) | 4.5% | 4.9 (0.10)% | 6.8 (0.09)% | 125 (136) | ||||
| Ba | 300 | 132 | 160 (<1) | 530 (40) | 12 | ||||
| Co | 9.2 | 163 (<1) | 6 | 0.6 | 18 (12) | ||||
| Cr | 38 | 7 (7) | 15 | 105 (16) | 43 (<1) | 16 | |||
| Cu | 19 | 173 | 151 (7) | 365 (25) | 32 | 60 (18) | |||
| Fe | 0.96% | 2.3 (0.4)% | 1.9 (0.03)% | 2.9% | 6.7 (0.2)% | 13 (0.62)% | 0.13% | 0.81 (0.01)% | 0.27 (0.21)% |
| Mn | 86 | 222 (40) | 179 (45) | 526 | 749 (2) | 1785 (224) | 34 | 189 (34) | 45 (<1) |
| Ni | 43 | 54 (11) | 23 | 16 (12) | 573 (79) | 7.9 | |||
| Se | 45 (<1) | ||||||||
| Sn | 6.7 | 19 (2) | 1.1% | 1.8 (0.07)% | 3.8 (0.003)% | 56 | 76 (56) | ||
| Sr | 81 | 62 | 71 (6) | 23 | 251 (212) | ||||
| Ti | 406 | 1456 (288) | 852 (30) | 303 | 877 (156) | 841 (97) | 36 | 174 (97) | 130 (89) |
| V | 7.7 | 22 (15) | 21 | 91 (16) | 68 (<1) | 2.2 | |||
| Zn | 45 | 488 (55) | 304 (24) | 330 | 149 (40) | 880 (11) | 17 | 1019 (<1) | 189 (144) |
| Name, Manufacturer Origin Indication | Garbhapal Ras India | Emperor’s Tea Pill, Kingsway Trading Inc.¶ China | Kumar Kalyan Ras Unknown | ||||||
| Healthy pregnancy | Natural balance | ||||||||
| Method | ICP-OES | XOS prototype | Niton | ICP-OES | XOS prototype | Niton | ICP-OES | XOS prototype | Niton |
| As | 0.05% | 0.15 (0.09)% | 0.72 (0.07)% | 234 (19) | 422 | 289 (160) | 987 (359) | ||
| Cd | 30 (<1) | 122 (9) | 25 | 17 (3) | 32 (33) | ||||
| Hg | 5.1% | 2.8 (0.60)% | 2.9 (0.18)% | 0.71% | 0.39 (0.02)% | 0.40 (0.008)% | 15% | 6.2 (0.70)% | 6.8 (2.5)% |
| Pb | 3.3% | 3.3 (0.98)% | 4.9 (0.45)% | 0.49% | 0.22 (0.02)% | 0.44 (0.005)% | 0.34% | 0.17 (0.04)% | 0.27 (0.11)% |
| Ba | 11.4 | 147 (19) | 1506 | 1108 (189) | 177 | 149 (<1) | |||
| Co | 0.7 | 213 (15) | 0.7 | 14 | 17 (<1) | ||||
| Cr | 2.7 | 4.6 | 133 | 246 (173) | 120 (58) | ||||
| Cu | 39 | 21 (20) | 76 (8) | 27 | 9 (0.6) | 35 (5) | 310 | 100 (39) | 870 (523) |
| Fe | 0.98% | 2.1 (0.6)% | 3.8 (0.3)% | 593 | 777 (22) | 1200 (14) | 14% | 9.6 (1.4)% | 44 (17)% |
| Mn | 110 | 93 (53) | 234 (78) | 28 | 37 (2) | 0.11% | 0.09 (0.05)% | 0.38 (0.16)% | |
| Ni | 2.7 | 296 (120) | 1.9 | 0.4 (0.1) | 67 | 18 (12) | 391 (46) | ||
| Se | 57 (8) | 4.2 | 2 (<1) | 15 (2) | 109 (6) | ||||
| Sn | 0.70% | 1.2 (0.5)% | 1.9 (0.16)% | 3.5 | 4 (0.7) | 301 | 0.26 (0.22)% | 0.08 (0.06)% | |
| Sr | 94 | 78 (2) | 27 | 18 (4) | 25 (0.6) | 78 | 0.10 (0.02)% | ||
| Ti | 27 | 194 (167) | 235 (78) | 10 | 385 (102) | 171 (<1) | 0.09% | 0.14 (0.11)% | 0.13 (0.04)% |
| V | 1.2 | 0.6 | 188 (51) | 7.6 | 76 (23) | ||||
| Zn | 82 | 104 (53) | 317 (67) | 0.19% | 0.13 (0.02)% | 0.32 (0.01)% | 496 | 248 (389) | 1671 (681) |