Table 3.

Liver elemental composition (ng element mg⁻¹ DW) of control and treatment animals and the ratio between them (treatment/control)

Element	Control	Treatment	Ratio
B	38.9 ± 4.37	44.4 ± 4.46	1.14
V	0.13 ± 0.02	0.1 ± 0.01	0.81
Cr	1.28 ± 0.21	2.97 ± 0.76	2.32*
Mn	5.45 ± 0.33	6.03 ± 0.39	1.11
Fe	355.85 ± 22.46	525.15 ± 66.40	1.48*
Ni	0.31 ± 0.06	0.62 ± 0.26	1.99
Zn	122.19 ± 14.40	163.02 ± 22.59	1.33*
As	4.78 ± 1.19	2.77 ± 0.34	0.58
Sr	0.55 ± 0.10	0.49 ± 0.05	0.89
Mo	2.35 ± 0.18	2.43 ± 0.20	1.03
Cd	0.22 ± 0.05	0.19 ± 0.03	0.87
Ba	0.94 ± 0.10	1.93 ± 0.53	2.05*
Tl	0.16 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.02	1.42**
Pb	1.34 ± 0.26	2.25 ± 0.42	1.67*
Bi	0.12 ± 0.02	0.2 ± 0.04	1.62

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01