Table 3.

Influence of 7-day intragastric administration of zinc asparaginate on toxic element content in rat organs (μg/g).

Element	Control	ZnA5	ZnA15	p-value
Liver Al	0.967 (0.922–1.917)	0.800 (0.555–1.384)	0.320 (0.289–0.411) 1	0.018*
Liver As	0.127 (0.108–0.150)	0.147 (0.136–0.159)	0.143 (0.136–0.163)	0.368
Liver Li	0.005 (0.004–0.005)	0.004 (0.004–0.004)	0.005 (0.004–0.005)	0.281
Liver Ni	0.019 (0.017–0.021)	0.014 (0.013–0.020)	0.007 (0.006–0.009) 1	0.049*
Liver Pb	0.003 (0.002–0.003)	0.004 (0.003–0.007)	0.005 (0.004–0.006) 1	0.055
Liver Sn	0.011 (0.004–0.025)	0.005 (0.004–0.022)	0.002 (0.001–0.003) 1,2	0.003*
Liver Sr	0.042 (0.039–0.045)	0.063 (0.040–0.069)	0.039 (0.038–0.043)	0.140
Kidney Al	0.423 (0.399–0.505)	0.309 (0.246–.375)	0.478 (0.351–0.968)	0.117
Kidney As	0.061 (0.061–0.065)	0.073 (0.061–0.081)	0.070 (0.064–0.078)	0.098
Kidney Li	0.005 (0.004–0.005)	0.003 (0.003–0.004) 1	0.011 (0.009–0.011) 1,2	0.001*
Kidney Ni	0.037 (0.032–0.041)	0.025 (0.021–0.026) 1	0.027 (0.022–0.034) 1	0.013*
Kidney Pb	0.004 (0.002–0.008)	0.004 (0.003–0.004)	0.006 (0.005–0.009)	0.172
Kidney Sn	0.002 (0.002–0.003)	0.002 (0.001–0.008)	0.003 (0.002–0.003)	0.907
Kidney Sr	0.094 (0.087–0.104)	0.087 (0.084–0.094)	0.089 (0.086–0.100)	0.796
Heart Al	0.410 (0.395–0.571)	0.586 (0.491–0.721)	0.392 (0.341–0.674)	0.700
Heart As	0.065 (0.061–0.078)	0.056 (0.044–0.067)	0.061 (0.056–0.065)	0.281
Heart Li	0.003 (0.003–0.004)	0.003 (0.003–0.004)	0.007 (0.007–0.007) 1,2	0.003*
Heart Ni	0.025 (0.020–0.026)	0.012 (0.010–0.014) 1	0.012 (0.011–0.013) 1	0.025*
Heart Pb	0.004 (0.003–0.005)	0.004 (0.003–0.004)	0.007 (0.005–0.008) 2	0.031*
Heart Sn	0.004 (0.002–0.011)	0.003 (0.003–0.004)	0.002 (0.002–0.002)	0.078
Heart Sr	0.060 (0.058–0.069)	0.051 (0.045–0.055)	0.045 (0.043–0.051) 1	0.011*

Data expressed as Median(25–75)

¹– Significant difference in comparison to Control (I) animals (p<0.05)

²– Significant difference in comparison to ZnA5 (II) animals (p<0.05)

^*- p-trend is significant at p-values <0.05.