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 2
Comparison of the concentration of Jatobá-Hymenaea martiana Hayne (Fabaceae) leaves tea (mg/100 g) with the RDA/AI and UL (mg/day) established for children and adults by FDA and ANVISA/Brazil.
Leaves 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
15.17
1000
1.51
1500
1200
1.26
1900
1500
1.011
2200
1500
1.01
2300
K
280.02
3000
9.33
ND
3800
7.36
ND
4500
6.22
ND
4700
5.95
ND
Ca
19.72
500
3.94
2500
600
3.28
2500
700
2.81
3000
1000
1.97
2666
Mg
20.93
60
34.88
65
73
28.67
350
100
20.93
350
260
8.05
350
S
26.07
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
P
34.3
460
7.45
3000
500
6.86
3000
1250
2.74
4000
700
4.9
3500
Micro#
Zn
0.794
4.1
19.36
7
5.1
15.56
12
5.6
14.17
23
7
11.34
38
Ni
0.092
ND
ND
0.2
ND
ND
0.3
ND
ND
0.6
ND
ND
1
Mn
3.6
1.2
300
2
1.5
240
3
1.5
240
6
2.3
156.52
10.3
Cr
0.100
0.011
909
ND
0.015
666.6
ND
0.015
666.6
ND
0.035
285.7
ND
#Data published in Ref. [10]; Adequate Intake (AI); ND: Not determinable
