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. 2016 Nov 7;11(11):e0166217. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166217

Fig 1. Zinc and calcium chelation ability of NPs.

Fig 1

a. μg Ca2+/mg of NPs and b. μg Zn2+/ mg of NPs. Values were determined at two different pH values, measured by means of an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer. All tests were performed in triplicate. After Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests, all groups were significantly different (p<0.05), except when NPs were immersed in CaCl2 aqueous solutions containing 40 ppm at 6.5 or 8.5 pH values (p>0.05).