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Table 5 Analysis results of cassava samples (CvC - control cassava sample)

From: Human health risk assessment of cyanide levels in water and tuber crops from Kenyasi, a mining community in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana

Sample

pH

Cond. (μS/cm)

Moisture content (%)

CN− (mg/kg)

Total CN− (mg/kg)

CvF1(I)

6.65 ± 0.02

231.0 ± 8.43

53.90 ± 0.80

16.63 ± 0.68

17.13 ± 0.07

CvF1(II)

6.11 ± 0.04

213.8 ± 6.42

56.30 ± 0.52

50.44 ± 3.14

51.38 ± 4.17

CvF1(III)

6.88 ± 0.02

113.5 ± 5.24

54.60 ± 0.60

5.25 ± 0.02

8.06 ± 0.01

CvF1(IV)

6.55 ± 0.01

118.7 ± 5.00

53.30 ± 0.45

15.75 ± 0.17

16.25 ± 0.07

CvF2(I)

6.76 ± 0.02

118.2 ± 6.24

55.90 ± 0.60

9.19 ± 0.07

9.94 ± 0.06

CvF2(II)

6.20 ± 0.01

191.6 ± 6.27

54.10 ± 0.95

44.56 ± 0.85

49.00 ± 2.15

CvF2(III)

6.67 ± 0.01

199.4 ± 7.20

59.20 ± 1.52

10.31 ± 0.12

10.63 ± 0.07

CvF2(IV)

6.77 ± 0.01

94.3 ± 4.02

54.90 ± 2.00

6.25 ± 0.04

6.75 ± 0.03

CvF3(I)

6.33 ± 0.01

120.9 ± 7.07

52.80 ± 0.95

34.80 ± 1.24

35.81 ± 1.20

CvF3(II)

6.05 ± 0.03

114.5 ± 5.80

53.00 ± 0.83

86.50 ± 4.85

123.63 ± 5.14

CvF3(III)

5.92 ± 0.02

187.2 ± 6.17

53.40 ± 0.74

93.88 ± 5.14

165.56 ± 6.89

CvF3(IV)

6.01 ± 0.02

182.0 ± 6.24

55.80 ± 1.02

88.38 ± 5.23

128.63 ± 8.12

CvF4(I)

5.96 ± 0.03

134.3 ± 5.67

55.50 ± 1.10

93.56 ± 4.20

132.63 ± 10.1

CvF4(II)

6.14 ± 0.02

209.5 ± 8.72

58.00 ± 1.20

37.31 ± 1.52

39.19 ± 4.24

CvF4(III)

6.84 ± 0.01

239.5 ± 6.27

54.80 ± 0.67

9.63 ± 0.03

10.69 ± 0.09

CvF4(IV)

6.89 ± 0.01

130.4 ± 5.00

51.20 ± 0.88

6.19 ± 0.04

6.56 ± 0.03

CvF5(I)

6.72 ± 0.01

114.7 ± 5.42

55.40 ± 1.24

11.06 ± 0.05

11.19 ± 0.10

CvF5(II)

6.86 ± 0.02

164.9 ± 7.87

54.30 ± 0.65

9.75 ± 0.07

10.25 ± 0.04

CvF5(III)

6.74 ± 0.04

132.8 ± 10.41

52.40 ± 1.70

11.69 ± 1.12

11.88 ± 0.08

CvF5(IV)

6.24 ± 0.04

125.3 ± 8.07

58.42 ± 1.34

24.06 ± 1.54

24.31 ± 0.18

CvC

7.01 ± 0.02

111.2 ± 4.20

55.80 ± 0.97

4.75 ± 0.02

4.94 ± 0.03

  1. Cond. – conductivity