Table 4 Mean concentrations (µg/g) mean ± SD of elements (Se, Zn, Mn and Cu) measured in 25 samples of the four food types (rice, wheat, meat and chicken) in dry weight samples: rice (n = 8), wheat (n = 5), meat (n = 4) and chicken (n = 8)
No. | Food type | \({\text{Average}}{:}\;\left( {\frac{Dry weight}{Wet weight}} \right)\) | Essential elements (µg/g) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Se | Zn | Mn | Cu | |||
1 | Rice | 0.92 | 0.13 ± 0.09 | 9.26 ± 4.20 | 10.07 ± 11.87 | 0.8 ± 0.32 |
2 | Wheat | 0.88 | 0.19 ± 0.11 | 18.99 ± 6.97 | 24.53 ± 9.89 | 1.47 ± 0.65 |
3 | Meat | 0.26 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 11.58 ± 1.58 | 0.17 ± 0.07 | 0.16 ± 0.10 |
4 | Chicken | 0.39 | 0.62 ± 0.14 | 18.42 ± 3.19 | 1.60 ± 1.13 | 1.77 ± 0.38 |