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Concentrations of selected metals (NA, K, CA, MG, FE, CU, ZN, AL, NI, PB, CD) in coffee


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Penetration of metals to coffee infusions, (%).

No of coffee Na K Ca Mg Fe Cu Zn Al Ni Pb Cd
R 1a 47.1 85.6 29.4 62.0 5.4 3.4 24.0 28.0 55.3 6.8 21.5
R 2b 32.9 86.4 36.8 79.8 10.0 5.1 42.6 15.4 54.4 9.4 47.6
R 3 39.6 80.4 24.0 65.8 8.5 10.3 23.8 39.2 28.2 7.3 28.1
R 4 35.7 82.3 27.3 45.8 4.9 6.2 22.3 24.3 13.6 3.2 23.2
R 5 30.2 78.1 33.7 81.8 6.9 3.7 22.6 32.6 17.9 10.3 24.9
R 6 44.7 88.6 38.9 89.7 8.7 3.7 31.1 23.3 18.0 6.8 31.4

Concentration of metals in coffee infusions, (μg/100mL).

No of coffee Na K Ca Mg Fe Cu Zn Al Ni Pb Cd
R 1a 57.0 86933 1277 6593 11.30 2.82 6.10 4.93 0.78 0.558 0.042
R 2b 59.8 95667 1633 8463 24.50 2.62 13.17 4.63 1.63 0.357 0.059
R 3 42.8 132333 1037 6893 15.87 6.86 6.13 8.33 1.62 0.163 0.041
R 4 25.5 103533 1233 4600 8.93 2.15 5.53 5.40 0.82 0.133 0.036
R 5 19.6 81467 1263 7380 16.13 2.70 6.67 8.43 1.04 0.192 0.061
R 6 63.9 95267 1827 8073 15.27 1.20 8.13 2.03 1.82 0.140 0.046
Mean 44.8 99200 1378 7000 15.33 3.04 7.62 5.63 1.29 0.257 0.048
SD ±18.71 ±17941 ±292.36 ±1369.18 ±5.33 ±1.95 ±2.86 ±2.43 ±0.46 ±0.168 ±0.010
IQR (29.3) (12550) (303.5) (1231.8) (3.8) (0.5) (1.66) (2.89) (0.75) (0.17) (0.015)

Concentration of metals in roasted coffee (μg/g=ppm).

No of roasted coffee Na K Ca Mg Fe Cu Zn Al Ni Pb Cd
R 1a 24.2 20300 868 2127 41.8 16.5 5.07 3.53 0.72 0.0202 0.0124
R 2b 36.3 22133 888 2120 49.1 10.3 6.18 6.01 0.69 0.0131 0.0126
R 3 21.6 32933 864 2097 37.4 13.3 5.16 4.25 1.14 0.0115 0.0111
R 4 14.3 25167 904 2007 36.2 6.9 4.96 4.44 0.71 0.0196 0.0222
R 5 13.0 20867 750 1803 46.7 14.6 5.89 5.17 0.84 0.0215 0.0120
R 6 28.6 21500 939 1800 35.2 6.5 5.22 1.74 1.16 0.0155 0.0135
Mean 23 23817 869 1992 41.1 11.4 5.41 4.19 0.88 0.0169 0.0140
SD ±8.80 ±4779.12 ±64.30 ±153.91 ±5.80 ±4.13 ±0.50 ±1.47 ±0.22 ±0.0041 ±0.0041
IQR (11.4) (3383) (35) (260.3) (9) (6.5) (0.63) (1.28) (0.35) (0.006) (0.001)

Concentration of metals in green coffee (μg/g=ppm).

No of green coffee Na K Ca Mg Fe Cu Zn Al Ni Pb Cd
G1a 10.6 19583 695 1733 75.1 18.5 4.04 5.65 0.44 0.1436 0.0145
G 2b 26.6 20213 882 1783 45.2 9.4 3.09 2.73 0.39 0.0084 0.0152
Mean 18.6 19898 789 1758 60 14 3.6 4.2 0.415 0.076 0.015
SD ±11.31 ±445.48 ±132.23 ±35.36 ±21.14 ±6.43 ±0.67 ±2.06 ±0.04 ±0.0956 ±0.0005
IQR (8) (315) (93.5) (25) (14.95) (4.55) (0.48) (1.46) (0.03) (0.068) (0.0004)

Empirical levels of significance for differences of metals’ concentrations by ANOVA test.

Metal G 1a vs. R 1a G 2b vs. R 2b
Na <0.001* 0.013*
K 0.509 0.008*
Ca <0.001* 0.802
Mg 0.050 0.003*
Fe 0.004 0.427
Cu 0.335 0.235
Zn 0.017* 0.007*
Al 0.004* 0.0066*
Ni 0.020* 0.012*
Pb <0.001* 0.030*
Cd 0.173 0.135
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