|
Tissue (n = 3)
|
Control
|
Diet (Hg dose in food expressed in ng/g)
|
|---|
| | |
5.4
|
62
|
520
|
|---|
|
Hairs
|
1 ± 0.8
|
81 ± 47
|
1579 ± 165
|
10364 ± 3103
|
|
Kidneys
|
0.3 ± 0.1
|
116 ± 20
|
1435 ± 112
|
7730 ± 59
|
|
Liver
|
0.2 ± 0.04
|
6.7 ± 1.2
|
150 ± 14
|
1135 ± 324
|
|
Muscles
|
0.2 ± 0.2
|
8 ± 1
|
88 ± 2
|
543 ± 65
|
|
Hippocampus
|
NQ
|
5.9 ± 1
|
64 ± 5
|
417 ± 39
|
|
Brain
|
NQ
|
5 ± 1
|
63 ± 3
|
299 ± 31
|
|
Lung
|
NQ
|
2.5 ± 1.5
|
77 ± 18
|
1111 ± 232
|
|
Intestines
|
NQ
|
2.1 ± 0.9
|
70 ± 4
|
614 ± 90
|
|
Heart
|
NQ
|
1.8 ± 0.7
|
64 ± 12
|
576 ± 69
|
|
Spleen
|
NQ
|
1.5 ± 0.3
|
54 ± 4
|
517 ± 137
|
|
Stomach
|
NQ
|
1.2 ± 0.3
|
45 ± 7
|
317 ± 119
|
|
Skin
|
NQ
|
1.2 ± 0.4
|
15.3 ± 3
|
201 ± 28
|
|
Blood
|
NQ
|
1.1 ± 0.6
|
34 ± 4
|
298 ± 36
|
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a After one month feeding with fish-containing diets mercury was quantified in tissues (ng Hg/g fresh weight, mean ± SE). NQ: not quantifiable; below the threshold value.
