. 2022 Jul 31;11(15):2286. doi: 10.3390/foods11152286

Table 5.

The risk evaluation of heavy metals in coix seeds.

Region	HQ					HI
Region	Cd	Hg	As	Pb	Cr	HI
Panzhou	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.010 ^fg	0.001 ^c	0.012 ^h	0.026 ^j
Anlong	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.016 ^de	0.001 ^c	0.015 ^g	0.035 ^g
Yilong	0.01 ^a	0.002 ^a	0.252 ^a	0.001 ^c	0.020 ^e	0.285 ^a
Zhenfeng	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.016 ^de	0.001 ^c	0.012 ^h	0.032 ⁱ
Xingren	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.018 ^d	0.001 ^c	0.019 ^f	0.041 ^f
Xinyi	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.011 ^efg	0.001 ^c	0.009 ⁱ	0.024 ^k
Guanling	0.0003 ^ce	0.002 ^a	0.007 ^g	0.001 ^c	0.009 ⁱ	0.019 ^l
Puding	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.017 ^d	0.002 ^b	0.062 ^a	0.084 ^d
Zhengan	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.038 ^c	0.007 ^a	0.06 ^b	0.108 ^b
Ziyun	0.002 ^b	0.002 ^a	0.043 ^b	0.001 ^c	0.058 ^c	0.106 ^c
Qinglong	0.001 ^c	0.002 ^a	0.017 ^d	0.001 ^c	0.012 ^h	0.033 ^h
Puan	0.001 ^cd	0.002 ^a	0.013 ^def	0.001 ^c	0.037 ^d	0.054 ^e

Key: HQ of each heavy metal in coix seed collected from different coix seed producing regions with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05). HI of heavy metals collected from different coix seed producing regions with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).