Determination and Analysis of Trace Elements in Five Kinds of Traditional Chinese Medicine in High Blood Pressure Medicinal Food by ICP-AES

Table 5

Measurement results of samples.

Element	Red dates	Wolfberry	Hawthorn	Yam	Coix seed
As	5.20 ± 0.043	4.20 ± 0.061	4.45 ± 0.062	5.05 ± 0.094	4.70 ± 0.041
Ca	750.00 ± 9.83	821.00 ± 8.14	1140.00 ± 37.23	1326.00 ± 14.65	178.90 ± 4.68
Cd	Not detected	Not detected	Not detected	Not detected	Not detected
Co	7.75 ± 0.047	6.80 ± 0.085	6.15 ± 0.018	5.70 ± 0.073	6.90 ± 0.052
Cr	3.75 ± 0.056	4.00 ± 0.039	3.70 ± 0.081	4.35 ± 0.086	4.25 ± 0.068
Cu	6.70 ± 0.033	14.70 ± 0.098	8.05 ± 0.064	9.35 ± 0.087	7.65 ± 0.088
Fe	27.00 ± 0.86	109.65 ± 2.45	54.40 ± 1.67	87.50 ± 2.83	42.65 ± 1.67
K	6425.00 ± 24.68	9806.00 ± 28.91	7975.00 ± 27.18	6540.00 ± 22.93	3379.00 ± 18.17
Mg	322.95 ± 2.14	842.00 ± 3.28	783.00 ± 3.97	666.00 ± 2.88	1626.00 ± 17.84^#
Mn	11.50 ± 0.098	12.95 ± 0.079	7.90 ± 0.058	8.00 ± 0.049	32.30 ± 1.21^#
Na	678.00 ± 7.49	8986.00 ± 26.97	426.55 ± 4.38	964.00 ± 5.29	298.05 ± 3.78
Ni	6.45 ± 0.082	5.70 ± 0.069	5.10 ± 0.047	4.75 ± 0.058	6.40 ± 0.068
Pb	7.35 ± 0.093	7.60 ± 0.055	7.95 ± 0.072	7.45 ± 0.048	7.85 ± 0.068
Se	7.50 ± 0.073	7.85 ± 0.054	8.85 ± 0.066	7.65 ± 0.082	9.00 ± 0.074^#
Zn	16.15 ± 0.088	52.30 ± 1.24	19.20 ± 0.094	17.55 ± 0.058	54.45 ± 1.95^#

, wolfberry group vs other groups; , coix seed group vs other groups.