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. 2019 Apr;48(4):632–643.

Table 2:

Trace elements concentration in colon tissues

Study(year) (Gupta & Shukla, 1993)a (Milde et al., 2001) (Magalhães et al., 2010)c (Rinaldia et al., 2015)b
Place India Czach Republic Germany & Portugal France
Sample Healthy (n=30) Tumour (n=30) Healthy (n=10) Tumour (n=20) Healthy (n=15) Tumour (n=15) Healthy (n=28) Tumour (n=76)
Technique AAS AAS TXRF ICP-AES
Weight dry dry wet wet
B NA NA NA NA NA 0.4 (1.5) 0.4(4.1)
Br NA NA NA NA NA NA
Ca NA NA NA NA unchanged NA NA
Co 1.79±0.57 2.78 ±0.84* NA NA NA NA NA
Cr NA NA NA NA NA 5.7(3.9) 7.9 (8.8)
Cu NA NA 15.9± 0.6 6.08 ±3.78 NA NA
K NA NA NA NA NA NA
Mg NA NA 708± 21 753.59± 310.54 NA 103.3(37.1) 147.0(52.2)*
Mo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
P NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Rb NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Se NA NA 0.86± 0.07 1.17 ±0.73 NA NA
S NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Si NA NA NA NA NA 11.2 (11.8) 22.3 (29.9)
Zn 27.16± 9.11 18.98± 6.41* 178± 6 69.20±21.03 15.7(12.9) 19.7(12.5)

AAS Atomic absorption spectrometry, TXRF Total reflection x-ray fluorescence, ICP-AES Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry

a

Concentration in μg g-1,

b

Results presented median (IQR),

c

not stated the value,

*

statistically significant (P<0.05),

NA: not available,

↑:

increased