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. 2020 Dec 4;21(23):9259. doi: 10.3390/ijms21239259

Table 1.

Average concentration of copper in human organs (according to [13]).

Organ Average Concentration of Copper
FAAS µg/g Wet Tissue
Sumio et al. (1975) Lech and Sadik (2007)
Liver 9.9 3.47
Brain 5.1 3.32
Heart 3.3 3.26
Kidney 2.6 2.15
Intestines 2.1 1.54
Lung 1.3 1.91
Spleen 1.2 1.23

FAAS, flameless atomic absorption spectrometry.