. 2018 Sep 18;19(9):2824. doi: 10.3390/ijms19092824

Table 2.

Change of Zn level in the blood of the ZnSO₄-injected PHZ-induced anemic rats.

	Plasma Zn (μg Zn/mL Plasma)	Blood Cell Zn (μg Zn/106 Bloodcells) *
	Plasma Zn (μg Zn/mL Plasma)	Outer Plasma Membrane	Inside Blood Cells
(A) Normal rats (n = 6) ^†	2.16 ± 0.48 ^‡	48 ± 4 ^a	80 ± 14 ^a
(B) Saline-injected PHZ-induced anemic rats (n = 6)	2.13 ± 0.18 ^c	79 ± 11 ^b	134 ± 51 ^b
(C) 2.8 mg Zn/kg bdwt ZnSO4-injected PHZ-induced anemic rats (n = 6)	2.00 ± 0.10 ^c	105 ± 22 ^c	200 ± 42 ^c

* See Materials and Methods for fractionation of blood cells; ^† Number of rats; ^‡ Mean ± SD; a, b, c: significant differences (p < 0.001) among the (A), (B), and (C) groups.