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. 2017 Jul 18;61(1):1347478. doi: 10.1080/16546628.2017.1347478

Table 1.

The effect of animal species on the extraction of metals from bone.

    Cooking time (h)
   
Metal Broth (A) 0.5 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8 (E) 12 p-valuea Tukey-testa
Pb (μg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 7.90 ± 6.54 5.27 ± 4.28 9.01 ± 7.09 7.57 ± 4.49 6.14 ± 3.92 0.919
(2) Pig (black) 6.55 ± 1.42 4.07 ± 1.50 5.34 ± 2.97 3.86 ± 1.37 4.33 ± 0.73 0.369
(3) Bovine 5.64 ± 4.78 4.42 ± 2.73 3.26 ± 1.59 2.98 ± 1.22 2.53 ± 0.83 0.621
p-valueb 0.847 0.888 0.355 0.185 0.249
Cr (μg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 2.83 ± 0.87 2.52 ± 1.07 2.95 ± 1.32 3.90 ± 1.02 4.56 ± 0.38 0.139
(2) Pig (black) 3.36 ± 2.55 3.20 ± 2.11 2.98 ± 1.77 2.80 ± 1.20 3.82 ± 1.44 0.967
(3) Bovine 3.81 ± 1.44 3.74 ± 2.53 3.89 ± 1.46 4.50 ± 1.82 5.55 ± 2.48 0.781
p-value 0.799 0.764 0.707 0.375 0.487
Cu (μg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 12.1 ± 3.87 9.39 ± 1.98 7.67 ± 1.48 9.66 ± 0.95 9.15 ± 0.52 0.222
(2) Pig (black) 11.4 ± 1.73 11.0 ± 3.48 12.5 ± 2.78 11.7 ± 2.81 9.03 ± 0.38 0.146
(3) Bovine 15.4 ± 8.66 16.2 ± 11.1 13.6 ± 5.05 14.4 ± 3.51 12.8 ± 1.65 0.973
p-value 0.466 0.492 0.158 0.172 0.007
Paired-compb 3 > 1,2
Fe (μg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 255 ± 37.4 154 ± 31.2 123 ± 53.1 121 ± 40.2 130 ± 19.4 0.007 A > C,D,E
(2) Pig (black) 179 ± 52.0 144 ± 5.43 93.6 ± 11.8 99.4 ± 10.3 125 ± 10.5 0.011 A > C,D
(3) Bovine 197 ± 95.9 173 ± 59.5 169 ± 130 187 ± 33.2 214 ± 43.4 0.956
p-value 0.402 0.662 0.556 0.030 0.014
Paired-comp 3 > 2 3 > 1,2
Zn (μg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 118 ± 34.0 79.5 ± 51.0 68.5 ± 39.7 102 ± 77.3 58.1 ± 33.6 0.600
(2) Pig (black) 130 ± 50.6 91.2 ± 23.1 99.9 ± 35.4 102 ± 64.9 70.0 ± 31.8 0.590
(3) Bovine 132 ± 27.3 122 ± 56.8 83.1 ± 50.7 90.3 ± 38.3 62.1 ± 16.0 0.278
p-value 0.890 0.541 0.680 0.966 0.874
Al (μg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 308 ± 36.6 278 ± 55.8 193 ± 77.5 165 ± 94.0 205 ± 74.5 0.141
(2) Pig (black) 735 ± 52.3 719 ± 41.5 718 ± 42.0 435 ± 41.0 381 ± 42.0 0.000 A,B,C > D,E
(3) Bovine 607 ± 476 626 ± 474 639 ± 568 327 ± 156 304 ± 250 0.737
p-value 0.232 0.202 0.193 0.057 0.421
Mg (mg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 8.23 ± 1.40 21.5 ± 2.07 36.6 ± 4.38 75.7 ± 5.45 120 ± 16.3 0.000 A < C,D,E; B,C < D,E
(2) Pig (black) 20.0 ± 10.8 31.7 ± 10.4 40.4 ± 2.43 61.7 ± 27.1 115 ± 17.9 0.000 A,B,C,D < E
(3) Bovine 8.12 ± 4.64 13.8 ± 3.41 23.3 ± 3.47 53.3 ± 15.7 92.7 ± 10.8 0.000 A,B,C < D,E; D < E
p-value 0.125 0.039 0.002 0.379 0.151
Paired-comp 2 > 3 1, 2 > 3
Ca (mg/kg) (1) Pig (white) 201 ± 8.09 241 ± 11.8 252 ± 5.51 281 ± 22.5 361 ± 30.6 0.000 A,B,C,D < E; A < D
(2) Pig (black) 240 ± 53.57 252 ± 19.05 226 ± 50.7 276 ± 67.8 439 ± 48.0 0.002 A,B,C,D < E
(3) Bovine 235 ± 106 274 ± 48.3 343 ± 75.1 371 ± 75.4 444 ± 59.3 0.047 A < E
p-value 0.762 0.448 0.075 0.173 0.134

a Differences among five (A – E) time groups, tested using ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey HSD multiple comparisons; α level is 0.05.

b Differences among three [(1)–(3)] animal groups, tested using ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey HSD multiple comparisons.