Table 1.

Systemic iron parameters in animals treated with or without ferristatin II

	Control (Vehicle)	Ferristatin II (40 mg)	P Value
Body weight, g	69.2 ± 1.7	65.0 ± 0.8	0.0642
Hematocrit, %	34.0 ± 2.3	32.1 ± 0.3	0.4457
Serum iron, μg/ml	3.0 ± 0.4	0.9 ± 0.4	0.0093
Unsaturated iron binding capacity, μg/ml	1.2 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.2	0.0016
Total iron binding capacity, μg/ml	4.2 ± 0.3	3.7 ± 0.3	0.2576
Transferrin saturation, %	71.2 ± 5.7	23.1 ± 8.1	0.0028
Liver nonheme iron, μg/g	59.2 ± 7.6	91.3 ± 14.9	0.1036
Spleen nonheme iron, μg/g	30.7 ± 4.5	64.8 ± 9.5	0.0176