Table 5. Heavy metal content in rat hippocampus (mean ± SD, n = 8).
Groups (mg L–1) | Al (μg g–1) | Pb (μg g–1) | Cu (μg g–1) | Mn (μg g–1) | As (μg g–1) |
Control | 2.67 ± 0.54 | 2.80 ± 0.67 | 1.80 ± 0.36 | 0.95 ± 0.17 | 0.05 ± 0.014 |
5 | 2.93 ± 0.48 | 6.91 ± 0.86* | 1.72 ± 0.35 | 1.06 ± 0.13 | 0.07 ± 0.02 |
10 | 3.03 ± 0.32 | 9.48 ± 1.20* | 1.83 ± 0.32 | 1.33 ± 0.20* | 0.072 ± 0.031 |
20 | 4.78 ± 0.60* | 18.61 ± 1.93* | 2.08 ± 1.78 | 1.48 ± 0.23* | 0.047 ± 0.01 |
F | 3.616 | 5.10 | 2.255 | 7.30 | 1.683 |
P | 0.04 | 0.011 | 0.124 | 0.003 | 0.216 |