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. 2020 Jan 3;12(1):43. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010043

Table 4.

Results of the acute lethal test by a single oral administration in KM mice (n = 10).

Sample Se Content (mg/g) LD50 # (mg/kg bw) LD50 (Se) * (mg Se /kg bw)
Sodium selenite 1 456.7 19.2 (16.2–22.7) $ 8.8 (7.4–10.4) ^
CS/COS-M -- >20 × 103 --
SeNPs-CS/COS-M 15.1 11.06 × 103 (6.28 × 103 –19.51 × 103) $ 167 (94.9–294.5) ^

# LD50 = median lethal dose; * LD50 (Se) = LD50 × Se content. $ The LD50 of the 95% confidence interval. ^ The LD50(Se) of the 95% confidence interval. 1 Reference [11].