Table 2.

The effect of Mg supplementation on Zn, Cu, and Mg concentration in investigated tissues of rabbits intoxicated with Cd.

	Zinc concentration (μmol/kg)			Copper concentration (μmol/kg)			Magnesium concentration (mmol/kg)
	Controls(1)	Cd group(2)	Cd + Mg group(3)	Controls	Cd group	Cd + Mg group	Controls	Cd group	Cd + Mg group
Heart	411.68 ± 50.53	490.41 ± 53.93	439.01 ± 54.03	69.94 ± 5.38	72.90 ± 3.33	69.90 ± 5.03	14.25 ± 1.70	14.55 ± 1.04	14.52 ± 2.43
Lung	438.57 ± 50.93	476.91 ± 50.28	478.29 ± 36.59	27.45 ± 3.90	32.69 ± 3.92	31.94 ± 7.73	12.73 ± 2.15	12.91 ± 2.36	13.44 ± 2.67
Liver	640.73 ± 112.27	1037.02 ± 128.61**	1023.23 ± 178.61**	52.11 ± 9.64	55.55 ± 9.26	58.32 ± 13.09	14.37 ± 1.91	14.94 ± 1.94	14.63 ± 1.50
Kidney	677.15 ± 106.09	825.39 ± 178.96	717.80 ± 80.52	55.07 ± 8.58	74.88 ± 11.37*	57.05 ± 7.63†††	14.19 ± 2.87	14.99 ± 3.12	14.62 ± 1.80
Skeletal muscle	202.36 ± 29.29	233.92 ± 52.16	212.12 ± 44.95	12.23 ± 1.54	16.03 ± 1.83**	13.65 ± 2.45†	25.84 ± 2.12	21.48 ± 2.44*	23.44 ± 3.73
Brain	255.10 ± 44.35	284.15 ± 15.06	248.82 ± 49.49	37.83 ± 2.92	40.86 ± 3.57	35.03 ± 5.42††	10.57 ± 1.30	10.94 ± 1.56	9.17 ± 1.43†
Pancreas	649.93 ± 114.89	797.36 ± 49.89	844.37 ± 211.05*	15.05 ± 2.81	19.34 ± 3.68*	16.50 ± 3.02	16.28 ± 1.52	17.56 ± 1.56	19.10 ± 3.47
Spleen	435.44 ± 91.35	591.04 ± 103.48**	536.32 ± 73.90*	32.53 ± 3.87	38.08 ± 4.23*	34.15 ± 2.68	16.59 ± 1.97	21.08 ± 3.68*	17.14 ± 3.64†
Bone	3.75 ± 0.42(a)	2.61 ± 0.32∗(a)	2.55 ± 0.35∗(a)	199.65 ± 34.67	201.74 ± 40.27	190.71 ± 26.44	343.46 ± 22.31	340.34 ± 20.41	341.94 ± 25.43

⁽¹⁾Controls—nontreated animals.

⁽²⁾Cd group intoxicated orally every day for 4 weeks with 10 mg Cd/kg b.w.

⁽³⁾Cd + Mg group given 40 mg Mg/kg b.w. 1 h after Cd treatment.

Values are presented as the means ± SD. Marked values differ significantly (ANOVA + LSD test) from *control group and ^†Cd group.

^{∗, †} P < 0.05; ^{∗∗, ††} P < 0.01; ^{∗∗, †††} P < 0.001.

^(a)mmol/kg.