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. 2021 Jun 28;8:35–48. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.06.026

Table 1.

Biodistribution of orally administered AuNP and Lf-PEG-AuNP. Gold accumulation of organs after 24 h of administration of AuNP and Lf-PEG-AuNP that measured by ICP-MS. Data were expressed as means ± SEM (n = 4).

Kidney Spleen Heart Lung Liver
AuNP [Au] (ppb = μg/kg) 64.0 ± 31.0 85.3 ± 54.9 61.9 ± 47.3 49.4 ± 46.1 22.5 ± 11.7
Lf-PEG-AuNP [Au] (ppb = μg/kg) 65.8 ± 35.2 66.9 ± 22.8 185.9 ± 88.7a) 108.7 ± 76.6a) 22.0 ± 14.1
a)

P < 0.01 versus AuNP itself group.