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Table 3.

The effect of supplementary Cr3 on the mineral status in healthy female rats (mean ± SEM)

Index	Experimental groups
Index	Control (1 mg ·kg⁻¹)	A (100 mg· kg⁻¹)	B (200 mg· kg⁻¹)	C (500 mg· kg⁻¹)	D (1000 mg· kg⁻¹)
	Cr status
Liver Cr content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	2.96 ± 0.18^a	3.91 ± 0.24^ab	5.27 ± 0.23^b	10.13 ± 0.21^c	17.88 ± 0.93^d
Kidney Cr content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	1.69 ± 0.12^a	5.56 ± 0.31^b	6.28 ± 0.71^bc	15.95 ± 0.79^d	27.74 ± 1.09^e
Spleen Cr content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	7.25 ± 0.44^a	7.95 ± 0.47^a	8.90 ± 0.39^ab	10.43 ± 0.47^b	14.93 ± 0.79^c
			Cu status
Liver Cu content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	23.42 ± 0.70^a	24.26 ± 0.66^ab	27.15 ± 0.70^b	24.22 ± 0.77^a	24.04 ± 0.66^a
Kidney Cu content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	57.38 ± 5.34	52.09 ± 2.08	55.55 ± 3.97	58.83 ± 2.79	49.30 ± 4.42
Spleen Cu content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	10.10 ± 0.70^ab	13.57 ± 2.11^bc	9.41 ± 0.42^a	14.90 ± 0.52^c	15.43 ± 0.57^c
	Zn status
Liver Zn content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	128.2 ± 5.2	122.3 ± 6.0	118.1 ± 3.5	129.7 ± 3.0	136.4 ± 6.0
Kidney Zn content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	110.1 ± 4.9^a	120.2 ± 3.1^ab	121.3 ± 6.8^abc	141.7 ± 5.5^c	132.8 ± 3.6^bc
Spleen Zn content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	130.4 ± 4.0	118.7 ± 4.6	126.1 ± 3.8	122.0 ± 5.4	121.7 ± 8.5
	Fe status
Serum Fe concentration (μg· dl⁻¹)	296 ± 19^b	248 ± 10^ab	242 ± 15^ab	246 ± 15^ab	214 ± 15^a
Liver Fe content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	1272 ± 42^b	1202 ± 44^ab	1163 ± 39^ab	1002 ± 58^a	1020 ± 54^a
Kidney Fe content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	490 ± 21^c	460 ± 20^bc	429 ± 24^abc	402 ± 19^ab	375 ± 13^a
Spleen Fe content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	7364 ± 554	7592 ± 484	7420 ± 438	7241 ± 354	8672 ± 615
	Mg status
Liver Mg content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	851 ± 33	844 ± 37	801 ± 30	865 ± 25	868 ± 29
Kidney Mg content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	978 ± 28	980 ± 20	973 ± 18	1001 ± 42	979 ± 47
Spleen Mg content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	1078 ± 42	914 ± 22	964 ± 24	994 ± 32	994 ± 55
	Ca status
Liver Ca content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	49.8 ± 1.4^c	43.2 ± 1.6^c	25.6 ± 3.1^b	23.0 ± 1.0^ab	15.7 ± 1.0^a
Kidney Ca content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	226 ± 10	253 ± 14	264 ± 11	267 ± 11	267 ± 12
Spleen Ca content (μg· g⁻¹ d.m.)	547 ± 52	548 ± 53	519 ± 51	486 ± 44	367 ± 38

The values in the same row that do not share the same superscript letter are significantly different (P < 0.05)

Control control group, A group supplemented with 100 mg Cr(III)· kg⁻¹ diet, B group supplemented with 200 mg Cr(III)· kg⁻¹ diet, C group supplemented with 500 mg Cr(III)· kg⁻¹ diet, D group supplemented with 1000 mg Cr(III)· kg⁻¹ diet, d.m. dry mass, dl decilitre