FIG. 1.

Combined dietary DEHP exposure and MZ decreased maternal weight gain during pregnancy. Rat dams were fed control (25 µg zinc/g) (C) or marginal zinc (10 µg zinc/g) (MZ) diets without or with 300 mg/kg DEHP (C + D and MZ + D), from GD0 until GD19. (A) Body weight (BW) and (B) cumulative food intake were measured from GD0 until GD19 and used to estimate (C) DEHP exposure. D) The concentration of MEHP in dam liver, adrenals and plasma and fetal liver at GD19 was measured by UPLC-MS/MS. Results are shown as means ± S.E.M. *Significantly different (p < 0.05, n = 6-9).