Table 2.

Macro- and Micro- Element Levels in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Rat Tissues.

Organ		Ca (μg/g)		Mg (μg/g)		Cu (μg/g)		Zn (μg/g)		Fe (μg/g)		Na (μg/g)
		aDBrat	bNDrat	DBrat	NDrat	DBrat	NDrat	DBrat	NDrat	DBrat	NDrat	DBrat	NDrat
Liver	Average	30.3	21.2	86.3	80.9	2.6	4.3	18.7	21.5	57.5	147	207	221
	Maximum	48.8	29.2	135	152	3.4	6.0	24.2	30.0	81.6	163	389	448
	Minimum	20.9	16.5	65.0	51.7	1.6	3.3	11.5	12.9	28.2	93.8	101	131
	STDEV	12.6	5.1	32.9	34.5	0.76	0.95	5.3	6.3	22.5	25.0	126	106
Brain	Average	44.9	103	104	106	0.8	1.9	0.22	0.77	24.5	27.1	282	315
	Maximum	60.7	426	113	110	1.2	2.9	0.22	0.77	33.0	35.8	330	344
	Minimum	35.6	26	95	102	0.3	1.7	<0.1	<0.1	3.8	1.7	174	296
	STDEV	11.6	149	7.8	2.3	0.35	0.41	2.5	1.5	14.4	3.9	72.2	16.6
Muscle	Average	29.0	37.5	80.6	61.0	0.02	0.51	4.57	12.3	6.1	13.2	207	167
	Maximum	33.1	110	96.9	72.0	0.09	0.68	8.99	17.4	10.6	14.7	291	215
	Minimum	25.9	18	69.1	42.8	0	0.33	<0.1	8.75	2.2	9.8	142	108
	STDEV	3.0	32.2	12.8	12.4	0.05	0.12	4.2	2.8	4.0	1.6	62.4	38.6
Kidney	Average	57.5	47.8	145	143	2.0	7.3	<0.1	3.45	33.9	70.2	427	442
	Maximum	66.7	55.5	161	158	3.8	9.7	<0.1	6.69	47.9	90.5	468	506
	Minimum	52.6	41.7	127	128	0.5	4.8	<0.1	<.01	6.1	49.1	345	404
	STDEV	8.0	4.1	16.9	10.0	1.7	1.8	<0.1	3.2	24.0	13.0	70.6	33.8
Intestine	Average	178	125	82.6	92.3	1.12	1.34	0.9	8.84	11.3	30.9	218	272
	Maximum	268	357	125	148	1.17	2.10	15.4	15.6	18.1	42.3	304	386
	Minimum	108	46.1	48.5	43.1	0.13	0.6	1.95	3.95	2.8	23.2	132	128
	STDEV	81.5	118	39.0	39.3	0.93	0.50	7.8	4.1	7.7	6.7	86.0	106
Hair	Average	188	200	87	8.34	5.66	8.14	79.0	89.6	27.9	53.1	904	1674
	Maximum	228	286	127	8.34	7.01	10.6	103	130	37.0	63.6	1072	2786
	Minimum	158	121	51.2	<0.1	4.73	6.02	33.8	68.2	12.3	31.5	761	652
	STDEV	29.4	63.0	31.0	73.0	1.1	1.97	30.9	25.3	10.9	14.1	132	779

^aDBrat, diabetic rat (n=8).

^bNDrat, non-diabetic rat (n=7).