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. 2020 Mar 12;198(2):602–616. doi: 10.1007/s12011-020-02104-z

Table 1.

Concentrations of elements in the organs of examined rat groups*

Group P S K Ca Fe Cu Zn Se
Median (ppm) IQR** (ppm) Median (ppm) IQR (ppm) Median (ppm) IQR (ppm) Median (ppm) IQR (ppm) Median (ppm) IQR (ppm) Median (ppm) IQR (ppm) Median (ppm) IQR (ppm) Median (ppm) IQR (ppm)
Liver
  N 5754 921 2978 198 5442 682 1299 818 137 5 8.37 0.83 125 38 1.249 0.134
  2H 5847 392 2950 275 5318 231 1912 1549 154 27 7.14 0.70 161 74 1.245 0.066
  24H 5336 359 2827 93 4629 210 1771 367 118 29 6.22 0.73 134 21 1.154 0.086
  7D 5046 587 2706 221 4564 262 2984 681 119 62 5.95 0.32 206 38 1.116 0.158
Spleen
  N 5459 1053 2366 561 5922 1286 2072 7737 547 239 1.90 0.17 159 482 0.521 0.026
  2H 5038 592 2149 421 5603 945 3410 5083 461 137 1.86 0.26 119 318 0.393 0.037
  24H 5151 669 2378 385 5797 847 4539 5922 462 69 1.92 0.36 248 323 0.482 0.091
  7D 5409 557 2324 431 5708 427 5413 8570 510 40 1.79 0.28 304 381 0.452 0.078
Kidney
  N 4233 302 2291 183 2922 235 121 278 45 7 6.37 0.90 32 17 1.642 0.176
  2H 4940 802 2738 349 3629 507 2257 1191 55 9 7.17 0.51 170 87 1.760 0.213
  24H 4571 568 2440 536 3325 732 139 4587 45 7 8.08 0.98 33 268 1.882 0.372
  7D-Ki 4749 406 2687 284 3575 431 1783 2279 53 10 7.95 1.42 142 154 1.899 0.220
Brain
  N 6114 518 2028 213 6095 655 732 2001 21 6 3.78 0.81 50 141 0.164 0.044
  2H 5316 557 1783 210 5740 425 494 575 18 3 3.44 0.10 45 43 0.135 0.012
  24H 5736 439 2020 198 5896 217 602 318 19 3 3.52 0.16 41 6 0.165 0.040
  7D 5141 426 1829 227 5561 378 585 768 19 4 3.46 0.59 40 14 0.144 0.008
Muscle
  N 4265 124 3255 197 6114 509 1525 4183 30 5 2.35 0.16 58 240 0.124 0.025
  2H 3834 125 2994 255 5682 228 748 548 24 1 2.08 0.20 34 17 0.086 0.130
  24H 4143 316 3156 141 6009 295 847 1177 25 7 2.12 0.32 35 42 0.102 0.044
  7D 4014 427 3143 369 5832 113 2665 3716 27 5 2.04 0.39 103 87 0.124 0.007
Heart
  N 2966 318 2493 335 3471 244 112 411 75 16 6.61 0.28 25 6 0.364 0.040
  2H 3159 257 2535 117 3746 51 900 1762 77 12 6.49 0.11 82 149 0.295 0.030
  24H 3329 324 2752 173 3845 316 832 2606 82 7 6.84 0.83 72 116 0.356 0.031
  7D 3043 46 2491 179 3646 376 1214 287 80 4 6.81 0.33 93 31 0.355 0.066
Detection limits for normal animals
  Liver 19.5 4.3 5.15 0.87 2.37 0.51 1.49 0.44 0.24 0.16 0.095 0.018 0.092 0.018 0.0413 0.0051
  Spleen 20.5 4.8 7.04 0.72 3.14 0.63 1.55 0.86 0.234 0.042 0.12 0.029 0.129 0.032 0.0540 0.0063
  Kidney 13.4 3.5 5.5 1.7 1.79 0.57 0.68 0.23 0.123 0.04 0.076 0.025 0.078 0.027 0.042 0.013
  Brain 13.1 1.9 4.80 0.65 2.11 0.35 0.83 0.32 0.114 0.018 0.076 0.012 0.074 0.011 0.0386 0.0071
  Muscle 29.5 9.9 10.4 3.4 4.6 1.7 2.1 1.5 0.27 0.11 0.18 0.077 0.181 0.072 0.088 0.035
  Heart 11.0 2.1 4.56 0.64 1.64 0.32 0.61 0.28 0.105 0.016 0.063 0.012 0.062 0.016 0.0319 0.0037

*Statistically significant differences in concentrations comparing with normal rats were in italics; The statistically significant anomalies should be marked in red or blue, depending on their values comparing to control group

**IQR, interquartile range