Health Risk Assessment of Metals in Antidiabetic Herbal Preparations: A Safety Screening

Table 5

Hazard quotient (HQ) and hazard index (HI) of metals through the consumption of antidiabetic herbal preparations.

Drug code	HQ										HI
	Mn	Fe	Hg	Cu	Ni	Cd	Pb	Cr	As	Zn
S 1	0.0293	0.2416	14.0985		0.0061	0.0421	2.0434	0.0174	0.0095	0.0882	16.5760
S 2	0.0212	0.0536	12.3717		0.0091			0.0374	0.0008	0.0049	12.4988
S 3	0.0239	0.0311	2.4360	0.1510	0.0113	0.0177		0.0103		0.0203	2.7016
S 4	0.0044	0.0051	0.1023				0.1269			0.0059	0.2446
S 5	0.0354	0.0220	36.8707		0.0085	0.0139	0.0651	0.0056		0.0187	37.0399
S 6	0.0312	0.0259		0.3392	0.0058			0.0072		0.0153	0.4247
S 7		0.0000				0.0000					0.0000
S 8	0.0262	0.0217	11.7868	0.1417	0.0043		0.0582		0.0046	0.0090	12.0524
S 9	0.0081	0.0429	0.8506							0.0018	0.9034
S 10	0.0031	0.0054	7.3985		0.0018					0.0024	7.4112
S 11	0.0037	0.0024	11.4586				0.0208			0.0005	11.4859
S 12	0.1042	1.1198	66.2054		0.0282		3.3059	0.0381	0.0065	0.1406	70.9486
S 13	0.0759	1.7720	10.1007	1.9591	0.0293	0.1021	3.8317	0.0821	0.0180	0.1686	18.1395
S 14	0.0343	1.4690	215.8154	0.7366	0.0073	0.0346	1.5314	0.0256	0.0062	0.0762	219.7367
S 15	0.0132	0.8078	145.6431	0.4395	0.0030	0.0070	0.6794	0.0126	0.0023	0.3365	147.9444
S 16	0.1630	3.4450	268.0615	232.16	0.3534	0.3119	9.0877	0.2051	0.0283	0.6742	514.4877
S 17	0.0238	4.0476	277.6615	0.5063		0.2292	245.568	0.0197	0.0404	0.7083	528.8049
S 18	0.0000	0.0000								0.0000	0.0000
S 19	0.0000	0.0000								0.0000	0.0000
S 20	0.0000									0.0000	0.0000
S 21	0.0000	0.0000									0.0000
S 22	0.1312	3.3421	382.6154	4.8923	0.0448	0.5262	32.8154	0.2469	0.0965	1.0011	425.7117
S 23	0.1043	3.4152	369.8400	3.9999	0.0291	0.1461	8.2694	0.0845	0.0276	0.8388	386.7548
S 24	0.0046	0.3345	90.9785	0.1878		0.0022		0.0031	0.0007	0.6077	92.1192