Element-tracing of mineral matters in Dendrobium officinale using ICP-MS and multivariate analysis

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Table 1 Mineral contents in the D. officinale collected from 10 geographical locations in China

Location	Ti (μg g⁻¹)	V (μg g⁻¹)	Cr (μg g⁻¹)	Mn (μg g⁻¹)	Fe (μg g⁻¹)	Ni (μg g⁻¹)	Zn (μg g⁻¹)	Ba (μg g⁻¹)	REEs (μg g⁻¹)
Xingyi	11.07 ± 2.23	7.45 ± 1.27	2.38 ± 1.02	102.89 ± 15.79	356.28±	2.54 ± 0.29	97.69 ± 15.52	7.94 ± 1.25	0.54 ± 0.14
Shaoguan	14.37 ± 3.25	9.87 ± 2.35	2.36 ± 0.98	884.95 ± 23.36	273.98 ± 12.87	4.72 ± 0.45	330.89 ± 25.98	30.87 ± 6.54	0.25 ± 0.04
Yulin	14.87 ± 3.45	12.37 ± 2.48	2.85 ± 0.87	82.48 ± 9.34	779.56 ± 23.56	4.59 ± 0.88	365.85 ± 23.96	10.65 ± 2.12	0.56 ± 0.14
Xinanjiang	7.30 ± 1.23	6.67 ± 1.56	1.89 ± 0.28	117.96 ± 10.69	225.32 ± 15.29	2.65 ± 0.57	125.01 ± 12.56	18.68 ± 2.54	0.25 ± 0.09
Menghai	17.06 ± 3.56	11.17 ± 2.56	2.45 ± 0.56	492.01 ± 14.78	265.89 ± 20.65	4.69 ± 0.59	288.75 ± 25.12	18.62 ± 4.98	0.37 ± 0.08
Simao	12.25 ± 2.89	6.78 ± 2.06	3.37 ± 0.98	455.47 ± 23.25	115.87 ± 23.69	1.05 ± 0.32	26.58 ± 5.21	8.56 ± 1.25	0.23 ± 0.08
Honghe	13.10 ± 3.23	10.56 ± 2.25	3.43 ± 0.96	178.02 ± 12.58	137.89 ± 19.36	0.76 ± 0.12	7.39 ± 2.14	10.63 ± 1.28	0.25 ± 0.06
Yuxi	12.57 ± 3.69	6.45 ± 1.45	3.21 ± 0.87	275.74 ± 13.47	99.59 ± 9.87	0.87 ± 0.21	27.27 ± 9.07	10.87 ± 2.14	0.13 ± 0.02
Wenshan	11.25 ± 2.25	5.37 ± 1.45	3.23 ± 0.75	437.25 ± 25.12	98.89 ± 13.65	0.84 ± 0.24	27.80 ± 6.98	17.25 ± 2.36	0.23 ± 0.06
Dehong	12.09 ± 3.26	11.12 ± 2.24	3.58 ± 0.76	30.35 ± 8.96	138.98 ± 13.67	0.61 ± 0.14	5.08 ± 0.97	13.51 ± 3.12	0.17 ± 0.05

The concentration is a sum of elements. REE included: scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium
REE rare earth element