Evaluation of Level of Essential Elements and Toxic Metal in the Medicinal Plant Hymenaea martiana Hayne (Jatobá) Used by Mid-West Population of Brazil
Table 1
Comparison of the concentration of Jatobá-Hymenaea martiana Hayne (Fabaceae) bark tea (mg/100 g) with the RDA/AI and UL (mg/day) established for children and adults by FDA and ANVISA/Brazil.
Bark tea (mg/100 g)
Children 1-3 years (mg/day)
Children 4-6 years (mg/day)
Children 7-10 years (mg/day)
Adults (mg/day)
Macro#
RDA/AI
%
UL
RDA/AI
%
UL
RDA/AI
%
UL
RDA/AI
%
UL
Na
13.46
1000
1.34
1500
120
1.12
1900
1500
0.897
2200
1500
0.89
2300
K
199.49
3000
6.64
ND
380
5.24
ND
4500
4.43
ND
4700
4.24
ND
Ca
25.59
500
5.11
2500
600
4.26
2500
700
3.65
3000
1000
2.55
2666
Mg
11.18
60
18.63
65
73
15.31
350
100
11.18
350
260
4.3
350
S
58.7
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
P
20.26
460
4.40
3000
500
4.05
3000
1250
1.62
4000
700
2.89
3500
Micro#
Fe
0.19
6
3.31
40
6
3.31
40
9
2.21
40
14
1.42
45
Zn
1
4.1
20.24
7
5.1
16.27
12
5.6
14.82
23
7
11.85
38
Ni
0.05
ND
ND
0.2
ND
ND
0.3
ND
ND
0.6
ND
ND
1
Mn
3.03
1.2
252.7
2
1.5
202.3
3
1.5
202.3
6
2.3
131.1
10.3
Cr
0.188
0,011
1709
ND
0.015
1253
ND
0.015
1253
ND
0.035
537.1
ND
#Data published in Ref. [10]; Adequate Intake (AI); ND: Not determinable
