Table 2.

Concentrations of MC-LR and MC-LR-Cys in the liver of wild-type mice gavaged with 100 µg MC-LR per kg bodyweight.

Mouse	Time after Final Gavage	MC-LR Concentration (ng/g)			MC-LR-Cys Concentration (ng/g)
		Individual	Average	Standard Deviation	Individual	Average	Standard Deviation
1	2 h	0.73	0.81	0.48	40.85	38.43	14.64
2		*			31.49
3		0.44			23.18
4		1.51			62.01
5		0.56			34.63
6	4 h	0.55	0.68	0.15	48.60	90.18	26.45
7		0.87			97.24
8		0.75			81.32
9		*			111.23
10		0.56			112.49
11	48 h	0.40	0.33	0.05	20.25	52.04	25.40
12		0.30			80.62
13		0.35			33.94
14		0.32			52.77
15		0.26			72.63

*MC-LR ions in the livers of mice 2 and 9 were detected below the LOQ and were not considered in calculations of the average concentration and standard deviation.