Table 2.

Concentrations (mg kg^-1 and μmol kg^-1) of total Se and Hg in brain and liver of mice offspring gestationally exposed to MeHg and/or Se

		Brain		Liver
		Se mg kg−1	Hg mg kg−1	Se mg kg−1	Hg mg kg−1
Treatment	N	(μmol kg−1)	(μmol kg−1)	(μmol kg−1)	(μmol kg−1)
Control	4	0.11 ± 0.02	<0.03b	0.41 ± 0.05	<0.03b
		(1.4 ± 0.25)	<0.15a	5.2 ± 0.24	<0.15a
Se	4	0.29 ± 0.03*	<0.03b	1.0 ± 0.1*	<0.03b
		(3.7 + 0.4*)	<0.15a	12.6 ± 1.3*	<0.15a
MeHg	2	<0.1a	0.31 ± 0.04	0.37 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.2
		(<1.3)a	1.54 + 0.2	4.7 ± 0.25	1.5 ± 1
MeHg + Se	4	0.35 ± 0.05*	0.21 ± 0.2*	1.3 ± 0.2*, **	0.29 ± 0.09*
		(4.4 + 0.6)*	1.04 + 1*	16.4 ± 2.5*, **	1.4 ± 0.4*

Values are given as the mean + SD

The above data is adapted from Folven et al. (2009)

^aRepresent the limits of quantification for total Se (0.1 mg Se kg dry weight⁻¹)

^bRepresent the limits of quantification for total Hg (0.03 mg Hg kg dry weight⁻¹)

*p < 0.05, indicates statistical significance relative to the control

**p < 0.05 indicates statistical significance relative to the corresponding Se-supplemented treatment