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. 2022 Jun 7;14(12):2363. doi: 10.3390/nu14122363

Table 2.

The chronic daily intake (CDI) of trace and major elements associated with the essential oil’s ingestion.

CDI—Chronic Daily Intake (µg/kg bw/day)
Type Al Cr Mn Co Ni Cu Zn As Cd Hg Pb
Thyme 0.00313 0.00047 9.18 × 10−5 1.55 × 10−5 27.3958 × 10−5 0.000268 0.000291 4.28 × 10−6 2.41 × 10−6 5.46 × 10−5 1.97 × 10−5
Thymus vulgaris 0.00105 0.00077 7.07 × 10−5 1.17 × 10−5 43.3903 × 10−5 3.85 × 10−5 0.000322 4.34 × 10−7 7.91 × 10−7 2.29 × 10−5 2.21 × 10−6
Thymus vulgaris 0.00128 0.00056 1.86 × 10−5 2.29 × 10−6 2.4002 × 10−6 2.99 × 10−5 0.000336 1.35 × 10−6 7.33 × 10−7 4.66 × 10−5 6.9 × 10−6
Lavandula augustifolia 0.00171 0.00055 1.94 × 10−5 3.53 × 10−6 1.42882 × 10−5 1.29 × 10−5 0.000132 2.05 × 10−5 3.72 × 10−6 6.88 × 10−5 6.76 × 10−6
Lavandula augustifolia 0.00285 0.00183 0.000178 4.64 × 10−5 93.8768 × 10−5 5.25 × 10−5 0.000727 2.34 × 10−6 1.05 × 10−5 5.49 × 10−5 5.42 × 10−6
Lavandula augustifolia 0.00158 0.00067 1.61 × 10−5 3.38 × 10−6 1.97719 × 10−5 3.03 × 10−5 0.000309 7.45 × 10−6 6.62 × 10−6 5.61 × 10−5 1.31 × 10−5
Mentha × pipperita 0.00571 0.00113 3.72 × 10−5 4.43 × 10−6 2.61226 × 10−6 2.11 × 10−5 0.003654 1.16 × 10−5 2.23 × 10−6 6.95 × 10−5 7.28 × 10−6
Mentha × pipperita 0.00129 0.00032 4.17 × 10−5 3.63 × 10−6 10.0599 × 10−5 1.15 × 10−5 0.000609 6.75 × 10−7 9.54 × 10−7 1.01 × 10−5 1.5 × 10−5
Mentha × pipperita 0.00072 0.00121 2.54 × 10−5 4.55 × 10−6 2.75431 × 10−5 1.66 × 10−5 0.002512 4.04 × 10−6 4.77 × 10−6 7.41 × 10−5 3.53 × 10−5
Pinus sylvestris 0.00057 0.00027 1.3 × 10−5 2.09 × 10−6 5.38326 × 10−5 2.56 × 10−5 0.000155 1.97 × 10−7 4.21 × 10−7 1.28 × 10−5 2.14 × 10−6
Pinus sylvestris 0.00063 0.00082 3.58 × 10−5 5.91 × 10−6 2.92926 × 10−5 3.4 × 10−5 5.51 × 10−5 7.07 × 10−6 1.5 × 10−5 7.74 × 10−5 1.95 × 10−6
Juniperus communis 0.00062 0.00012 9.52 × 10−6 1.17 × 10−6 1.79451 × 10−5 8.47 × 10−6 9.72 × 10−5 2.05 × 10−6 8.31 × 10−8 1.2 × 10−5 2.07 × 10−6
PTDI (µg/kg bw/day) * 142.86 300.00 66.66 - 2.80 50–500 300–1000 2.14 0.83 0.57 3.57

* PTDI—provisional tolerable daily intake, according to World Health Organization (WHO) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommendations.