Table 12 Detected toxic metals concentrations (mg/kg) in the evaluated protein sources.

Al

221.85^a

5.2660

62.0251^d

3.2152

95.4710^c

3.9890

73.6629^d

3.5039

62.8442^d

3.2364

148.43^b

4.9737

49.1379^e

1.7525

< 0.0001

As

0.0000^a

 < 0.0001

0.2392^a

0.1997

0.0000^a

0.0002

0.000^a

0.0002

0.000^a

0.0002

0.000^a

0.0002

0.000^a

0.0001

1.000

B

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

20.213

1.8354

–

–

–

Ba

136.59^a

4.1321

0.2957^d

0.2220

0.3342^d

0.2360

3.7413^c

0.7897

4.4303^c

0.8593

9.9167^b

1.2856

11.8609^b

0.8610

< 0.0001

Cd

6.0219^a

0.8676

–

–

–

–

3.9481^ab

0.8112

–

–

–

–

2.6884^b

0.4099

0.0027

Co

3.4913^a

0.6606

0.0807^ab

0.1159

0.0063^ab

0.0325

1.8144^ab

0.5499

0.3442^b

0.2395

1.1074^ab

0.4296

1.1094^b

0.2633

0.0006

Cr

10.0963^a

1.1234

0.7348^d

0.3499

1.0127^d

0.4108

5.8104^ab

0.9841

1.7835^cd

0.5452

2.4648^bcd

0.6409

3.7841^bc

0.4863

< 0.0001

Fe

257.08^b

5.6688

115.86^e

4.3943

136.41^d

4.7682

213.07^c

5.9592

522.37^a

9.3307

191.20^c

5.6451

199.02^c

3.5269

< 0.0001

Hg

6.195^a

0.880

1.632^b

5.222

–

–

–

–

0.284^b

0.217

0.350^b

0.242

5.045^a

0.5615

< 0.0001

Ni

4.1005^a

0.7159

0.2195^b

0.1913

0.0553^ab

0.0960

2.3281^ab

0.6229

0.5534^b

0.3037

2.0148^ab

0.5795

1.4225^b

0.2982

0.0001

Pb

44.2657^a

2.3523

3.5215f.

0.7661

5.1178^ef

0.9236

26.4557^b

2.0998

9.6875^de

1.2707

14.2407^cd

1.5406

19.0577^c

1.0914

< 0.0001

Sb

0.3732^b

0.216

10.76^a

1.6406

–

–

–

–

8.72^a

2.0884

–

–

0.1691^b

0.1679

< 0.0001

Sn

22.8075^a

1.6885

6.4901^d

1.0400

6.5571^d

1.0454

15.1641^b

1.5898

8.7319^cd

1.2064

8.3889^cd

1.1824

12.7898^bc

0.8941

< 0.0001

U

201.68^a

5.0209

36.3262^e

2.4606

31.9928^e

2.3091

126.17^b

4.5856

50.154^d

2.8912

110.28^b

4.2871

94.6199^c

2.4318

< 0.0001

V

5.1708^a

0.8040

0.4283^c

0.2672

0.2473^c

0.2030

3.5753^ab

0.7719

0.7391^bc

0.351

1.8167^abc

0.5503

2.1038^bc

0.3626

< 0.0001