Organ coefficients of the heart, liver, spleen, kidney and testis of rats in different groups^a.

Group	Dosage (mg Fe per kg bw)	Organ coefficient (g/100 g)
		Heart	Liver	Spleen	Kidney	Testis
Normal control	0	0.31 ± 0.04c	2.72 ± 0.25a	0.21 ± 0.05b	0.67 ± 0.05b	0.90 ± 0.07b
Anemia model	0	0.57 ± 0.06a	2.41 ± 0.16b	0.43 ± 0.09a	0.75 ± 0.06a	1.07 ± 0.09a
Ferrous gluconate	4	0.35 ± 0.04bc	2.64 ± 0.25a	0.23 ± 0.02b	0.67 ± 0.08b	0.95 ± 0.08b
FeSO4	4	0.37 ± 0.03b	2.63 ± 0.15a	0.22 ± 0.03b	0.69 ± 0.09ab	0.94 ± 0.06b
LD-AOS–iron	1	0.38 ± 0.04b	2.59 ± 0.16a	0.23 ± 0.03b	0.70 ± 0.08ab	0.95 ± 0.06b
MD-AOS–iron	2	0.36 ± 0.02b	2.64 ± 0.21a	0.23 ± 0.04b	0.68 ± 0.08ab	0.93 ± 0.05b
HD-AOS–iron	4	0.32 ± 0.02c	2.67 ± 0.24a	0.22 ± 0.03b	0.65 ± 0.07b	0.89 ± 0.05b

^aThe results are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 12). Different lower-case roman letters in the same column indicate a significant difference between different groups (p < 0.05).