TABLE 1.

Body weight, Cp activity, and liver copper and iron concentrations in CuA and CuD rats and mice¹

		Postweaning rat	Perinatal rat	Perinatal mouse
Body weight, g	CuA	260 ± 10.6	80.1 ± 7.0	11.1 ± 1.5
	CuD	184 ± 3.4*	61.9 ± 3.2	10.5 ± 1.0
Cp activity,units/L	CuA	185 ± 16.1	76.9 ± 8.9	41.0 ± 3.6
	CuD	0*	0*	0.5 ± 0.2*
Liver Cu, nmol/g	CuA	62.2 ± 3.1	102.3 ± 6.3	415.4 ± 45.6
	CuD	4.7 ± 0.6*	6.3 ± 1.6*	29.9 ± 3.1*
Liver Fe, μmol/g	CuA	1.2 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.04	0.8 ± 0.1
	CuD	3.1 ± 0.4*	1.0 ± 0.1*	1.9 ± 0.2*

¹Values are means ± SEM, n = 4–6. *Different from respective CuA group, P < 0.05.