. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 9.

Published in final edited form as: Biometals. 2011 Aug 9;25(1):115–124. doi: 10.1007/s10534-011-9487-5

Table 3.

Liver mineral concentrations in FeD, FeA, and FeO rats

	Study 1			Study 2
	FeD	FeA	3% FeO	FeD	FeA	2% FeO
Fe	143 ± 14.0^a	471 ± 77.9^b	12836 ± 1282^c	93.2 ± 6.7^a	267.8 ± 63.8^b	4966 ± 275.5^c
Zn	99.7 ± 3.1^a	98.2 ± 4.3^a	119 ± 6.2^b	105.8 ± 4.8^a	128.7 ± 3.0^b	146.8 ± 1.5^c
Cu	31.3 ± 3.3^b	17.8 ± 0.7^a	17.0 ± 0.9 ^a	56.2 ± 6.1^c	22.3 ± 0.8^b	6.2 ± 0.7^a
Mn	10.4 ± 0.2^b	7.9 ± 0.1^a	9.8 ± 0.8^b	11.2 ± 0.4^b	10.4 ± 0.6^b	8.4 ± 0.4^a
Co	2.0 ± 0.1^b	1.7 ± 0.1^b	1.0 ± 0.1^a	0.03 ± 0.0 ^a	0.03 ± 0.0 ^a	0.03 ± 0.0 a

Liver mineral concentrations (ppm) were determined by ICP-MS. Liver Fe values reflect both heme and non-heme iron. Values are means ± SE of 6 rats per group. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. In any row, values not sharing a common superscript are different (P < 0.05).