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Table 5 Tl(I) content in various organs of the rat after 28 days dosing interval

From: Toxicity and antidotal treatment by synthesized and optimized ferric(III) hexacyanoferrate(II) for thallium

Tissue

Tl(I) content (µg/g)

 

Positive control Tl(I)

PB-1

PB-2

Radiogardase®-Cs

Liver

0.220 ± 0.011

0.127 ± 0.009a***

0.116 ± 0.006a***

0.068 ± 0.009a***

Kidney

1.230 ± 0.089

0.282 ± 0.064a***

0.488 ± 0.064a**

0.046 ± 0.016***

Heart

0.464 ± 0.029

0.434 ± 0.045

0.564 ± 0.018

0.386 ± 0.038

Stomach

0.237 ± 0.04

0.104 ± 0.007a*

0.108 ± 0.023b*

0.054 ± 0.025**

Bone

0.220 ± 0.012

0.103 ± 0.021a***

0.179 ± 0.035a***

0.074 ± 0.026a***

Colon

0.453 ± 0.016

0.144 ± 0.028a***

0.154 ± 0.016a***

0.047 ± 0.016a***

Intestine

0.545 ± 0.038

0.247 ± 0.031a***

0.392 ± 0.040a***

0.226 ± 0.011a***

Brain

0.282 ± 0.024

0.215 ± 0.011a***

0.212 ± 0.019a***

0.126 ± 0.011a***

Muscles

0.370 ± 0.094

0.105 ± 0.003a*

0.141 ± 0.022a*

0.051 ± 0.003**

Spleen

1.060 ± 0.055

0.288 ± 0.041a***

0.379 ± 0.037a***

0.114 ± 0.004a***

Adrenal gland

21.900 ± 1.960

14.400 ± 0.898a**

15.500 ± 1.141ba*

8.460 ± 0.131a***

Whole body retention

26.980 ± 2.243

16.234 ± 1.153

18.233 ± 1.584

9.628 ± 0.314

  1. aControl group
  2. Values are presented as Mean ± SEM. (N = 5) after 28 days of treatment. Significance is shown as ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05 compared to positive control group (Tl(I))