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Table 3 Honeybees’ daily estimated exposure to alkaloids of Nicotiana glauca feeding solutions (in ng per bee) and mean detected residues in dead bees (in ng per bee; n = 3)

From: An essay on ecosystem availability of Nicotiana glauca graham alkaloids: the honeybees case study

Feeding solution

Anabasine

Anatabine

Nornicotine

Scopoletin

Exposure

Residue

Exposure

Residue

Exposure

Residue

Exposure

Residue

Hexane

1040

4.3 ± 0.19

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

Dichloromethane

1040

4.7 ± 0.3

12

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

Methanol

1040

5.1 ± 0.27

10

nd

3

nd

11

 < LOQ

Methanol extract 20 μg/mL

2080

9.2 ± 0.52

20

nd

6

nd

22

 < LOQ

  1. nd non-detected, LOQ 4 ng per bee or 40 ng/g bee bw