Table 4.
Analysis of tissue metal levels
| Element | Metal level (μg/g tissue) ina: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver uninfected | Liver infected | Kidney uninfected | Kidney infected | |
| Magnesium | 240.13 ± 37.62 | 294.41 ± 7.45 | 94.50 ± 18.76 | 99.61 ± 14.62 |
| Phosphorous | 3,240.38 ± 466.29 | 3,855.39 ± 118.25 | 1,658.38 ± 369.50 | 1,656.70 ± 304.79 |
| Calcium | 48.78 ± 7.98 | 98.51 ± 4.67 | 29.60 ± 5.84 | 45.21 ± 6.73 |
| Manganese | 1.38 ± 0.23 | 0.94 ± 0.08 | 0.70 ± 0.16 | 0.57 ± 0.10 |
| Iron | 192.85 ± 37.48 | 252.64 ± 7.80 | 50.64 ± 10.18 | 52.44 ± 8.32 |
| Copper | 4.39 ± 0.63 | 6.13 ± 0.36 | 2.05 ± 0.41 | 1.76 ± 0.28 |
| Zinc | 29.12 ± 3.33 | 57.25 ± 2.73 | 8.47 ± 1.68 | 9.48 ± 1.46 |
a
Data are results ± SEM (n = 5 to 10).