Twenty Element Concentrations in Human Organs Determined by Two-Jet Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry

Table 1

The analysis results of one donor’s (number 4) organs (μg/g).

Element	Lung	Spleen	Liver	Kidney	Muscle	Heart	Brain
Ag	0.04	<0.02	0.20	0.04	<0.03	<0.02	<0.03
Al	75	2.4	2.1	4.4	1.1	12	2.1
B	1.7	<0.5	0.96	0.96	0.61	0.55	0.59
Ba	4.8	<0.3	0.96	0.40	0.3	0.40	<0.3
Ca	1200	550	310	1330	190	400	430
Cd	7.0	2.2	14	290	0.11	0.24	0.24
Co	0.30	<0.3	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2
Cr	2.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
Cu	12	9.1	20	19	3.9	15	47
Fe	2900	3930	1200	960	160	420	440
Mg	930	1180	390	1360	890	1100	1260
Mn	1.9	1.2	5.0	10	0.35	0.81	1.8
Mo	0.30	0.87	5.4	3.0	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2
Ni	2.5	<0.5	<0.3	0.83	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
Pb	<0.3	0.61	<0.5	<0.5	0.64	<0.5	1.9
Si	650	180	93	83	33	84	39
Sn	3.0	<0.5	0.36	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.3
Sr	0.71	0.28	0.27	0.62	0.22	0.20	0.34
Ti	12	<2	<2	∼2	<2	<2	<2
Zn	180	100	140	540	180	290	120

The relative standard deviation of the results was within 3–12%. The data of two-jet plasma atomic emission spectrometry contained reliable peaks corresponding to some elements, but it was possible to estimate only their approximate concentration.