Quercetin Beneficial Role in the Homeostatic Variation of Certain Trace Elements in Dyslipidemic Mice

Table 2

Levels of macro and trace elements in blood, liver, kidney, spleen, and heart of dyslipidemic mice treated with quercetin.

Element	Organ	Group (X±SEM)
		C	HFD	HFD + Q	Q
Ag (µg × g^−1)	Blood	672.2 ± 60.82	310.4 ± 53.86	332.9 ± 82.06	390.1 ± 55.56
	Kidney	272.2 ± 11.39	378.9 ± 7.96	329.0 ± 31.06	1002 ± 120.9^###,$$$
	Liver	216.4 ± 38.11	165.1 ± 16.15	148.2 ± 24.72	105.2 ± 2.78
	Spleen	680.4 ± 150.4	399.9 ± 31.77	394.7 ± 102.7	588.3 ± 66.6
	Heart	416.8 ± 5.65	412.3 ± 8.92	408.4 ± 24.91	640.0 ± 68.98^,##,$$
B (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	4419 ± 855	608.8 ± 142.3	286.7 ± 55.86	4605 ± 583.8^###,$$$
	Kidney	324.8 ± 15.47	612.5 ± 51.28	505.9 ± 43.51	290.1 ± 30.09^$$
	Liver	187.0 ± 15.64	274.1 ± 5.95	284.9 ± 32.8	392.3 ± 31.15^,#,$
	Spleen	880.8 ± 103.8	624.3 ± 70.76	842.2 ± 104.4	2308 ± 175.3^,###,$$$
	Heart	507.7 ± 37.55	683.6 ± 56.29	791.5 ± 60.35	1491 ± 293.1^,#,$
Ba (µg × g^−1)	Blood	693.32 ± 74.4	39.89 ± 10.54	45.67 ± 9.93	442.64 ± 72.73^,###,$$
	Kidney	5.18 ± 0.12	8.46 ± 1.03	6.40 ± 0.69	4.31 ± 0.15^##
	Liver	3.17 ± 0.41	3.74 ± 0.22	2.28 ± 0.13^#	5.63 ± 0.37^,##,$$$
	Spleen	15.49 ± 1.78	7.09 ± 0.78	3.52 ± 0.15	12.52 ± 0.87^#,$$$
	Heart	7.94 ± 0.33	8.80 ± 0.41	6.74 ± 0.23	11.58 ± 1.58^$$
Cd (µg × g^−1)	Blood	1.10 ± 0.06	0.42 ± 0.06	0.35 ± 0.05	0.19 ± 0.02
	Kidney	1.17 ± 0.2	2.07 ± 0.35	1.18 ± 0.16	0.41 ± 0.04^##
	Liver	1.11 ± 0.26	1.11 ± 0.08	0.65 ± 0.11	0.49 ± 0.1
	Spleen	2.19 ± 0.43	2.23 ± 0.19	1.01 ± 0.16^,#	1.90 ± 0.08
	Heart	1.21 ± 0.22	2.54 ± 0.4	1.77 ± 0.11	0.92 ± 0.11^##
Cr (µg × g^−1)	Blood	153.3 ± 29.13	135.6 ± 21.9	160.2 ± 19.59	361.8 ± 84.68^#
	Kidney	111.5 ± 5.66	171.7 ± 12.36	137.6 ± 5.78	483.0 ± 102.6^,$$
	Liver	44.25 ± 7.35	70.56 ± 6.62	59.32 ± 3.21	58.32 ± 3.09
	Spleen	283.4 ± 39.54	160.2 ± 14.26	192.7 ± 38.83	724.1 ± 61.3^,###,$$$
	Heart	164.9 ± 3.52	192.8 ± 16.14	179.0 ± 9.98	549.0 ± 165.5
Cu (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	700.8 ± 102.7	1349 ± 139.1	1278 ± 283.3	883.0 ± 186.9
	Kidney	1096 ± 63.55	1698 ± 106.6	1437 ± 58.6	2670 ± 263.1^$$$
	Liver	650.5 ± 54.72	803.9 ± 41.96	477.8 ± 35.02^#	854.8 ± 116.0^$$
	Spleen	1932 ± 87.23	1620 ± 141.1	1355 ± 202.2	1956 ± 44.94^$
	Heart	1580 ± 53.98	2021 ± 146.3	1865 ± 122.6	3880 ± 667.5^,#,$$
Fe (mg × g^−1)	Blood	101.04 ± 12.2	41.88 ± 6.3	63.33 ± 6.26	73.14 ± 1.39
	Kidney	111.6 ± 6.46	191.2 ± 14.2	161.4 ± 6.35	62.9 ± 3.35^$$$
	Liver	49.91 ± 5.51	83.23 ± 3.89	69.59 ± 3.93	34.29 ± 2.06^###,$$$
	Spleen	328.22 ± 27.45	183.79 ± 19.5	204.75 ± 50.45	186.39 ± 10.08
	Heart	164.43 ± 9.45	211.6 ± 17.85	218.57 ± 9.21	86.95 ± 9.26^,###,$$$
Li (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	2014 ± 472.8	2178 ± 238.7	2674 ± 302.7	2683 ± 146.3
	Kidney	570.3 ± 41.99	911.8 ± 58.94	730.1 ± 35.96^#	506.0 ± 26.46^$
	Liver	343.8 ± 22.86	413.2 ± 22.91	296.9 ± 24.73^#	251.1 ± 20.44^###
	Spleen	2115 ± 74.49	885.0 ± 73.23	4777 ± 306.5^,###	5706 ± 267.0^,###
	Heart	893.9 ± 27.08	1049 ± 78.14	1725 ± 333.5	3055 ± 177.1^,###,$$
Mg (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	20.71 ± 1.48	45.74 ± 3.39	25.02 ± 5.31^##	48.06 ± 2.77^$$
	Kidney	30.30 ± 2.24	37.97 ± 2.54	28.51 ± 0.56	43.51 ± 6.02^$
	Liver	15.58 ± 0.86	17.45 ± 1.33	11.78 ± 0.51^,##	12.56 ± 0.62^##
	Spleen	47.31 ± 2.26	33.19 ± 2.87	44.88 ± 7.26	75.61 ± 6.58^,###,$$
	Heart	51.02 ± 4.72	39.22 ± 4.04	41.5 ± 3.23	175.45 ± 20.79^,###,$$
Mn (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	79.38 ± 8.88	160.6 ± 27.45	112.5 ± 18.44	246.5 ± 19.14^,$$$
	Kidney	53.21 ± 2.88	70.71 ± 4.75	51.76 ± 2.43^##	46.85 ± 1.53
	Liver	32.57 ± 2.71	36.88 ± 2.17	20.61 ± 0.49^,#	41.54 ± 3.06^$$$
	Spleen	92.16 ± 6.03	66.65 ± 5.14	46.04 ± 5.36	31.09 ± 4.91^,#
	Heart	74.38 ± 1.66	79.45 ± 5.82	66.2 ± 1.97	193.0 ± 42.9∗^,#,$$
Ni (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	199.1 ± 15.77	126.5 ± 18.81	157.0 ± 19.09	232.9 ± 18.9^##
	Kidney	283.7 ± 14.27	421.8 ± 31.98	381.4 ± 9.15	452.2 ± 16.52
	Liver	166.9 ± 18.11	202.2 ± 10.06	117.7 ± 6.21^,###	104.9 ± 6.96^,###
	Spleen	790.2 ± 85.42	430.3 ± 36.87	633.7 ± 46.6	593.6 ± 54.76
	Heart	459.3 ± 19.95	498.7 ± 42.59	386.7 ± 16.08	436.9 ± 62.76
Pb (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	128.6 ± 11.55	173.9 ± 24.72	116.3 ± 25.95	80.70 ± 8.59^#
	Kidney	47.49 ± 2.11	93.76 ± 10.75	60.74 ± 11.3	15.91 ± 1.49^###,$$
	Liver	29.16 ± 2.88	41.08 ± 1.53	24.82 ± 3.07^###	3.88 ± 0.82^,##,$$$
	Spleen	121.9 ± 13.29	113.9 ± 12.16	40.95 ± 4.99^,###	15.68 ± 3.73^,###
	Heart	81.28 ± 7.30	121.1 ± 2.75	95.87 ± 9.67	41.22 ± 5.36^,###,$$$
Zn (µg × kg^−1)	Blood	6872 ± 408	5722 ± 840.6	6986 ± 211.3	2993 ± 499.6^,#,$$
	Kidney	815.4 ± 61.83	1259 ± 106.8	1206 ± 36.93	2402 ± 166.1^###,$$$
	Liver	3875 ± 377.7	624.8 ± 34.04	515.1 ± 47.7	4040 ± 488.0^###,$$$
	Spleen	2388 ± 137.6	1535 ± 45.57	2013 ± 113.6	6176 ± 505.8^,###,$$$
	Heart	1164 ± 43.27	1471 ± 143.1	1535 ± 138.4	1999 ± 60.67^,#,$

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