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Mercury concentration in the blood and organs of normal and acatalasemic mice after intraperitoneal injection of metallic mercury (/sup 203/Hg0)

Journal Article · · Physiol. Chem. Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5971464
The total amount of mercury exhaled from acatalasemic mice in ten minutes after injection of metallic mercury was about 1.6 times higher than that of normal mice. The level of metallic mercury in the blood of acatalasemic mice was significantly higher than that of normal mice. The levels of mercury in the brain and liver in acatalasemic mice in ten minutes after injection of metallic mercury, and the brain/blood ratio or liver/blood ratio of mercury in acatalasemic mice were significantly higher than those of normal mice. These results suggest that metallic mercury in the blood readily passes through the blood-brain or blood-liver barrier.
Research Organization:
Okayama Univ. Medical School, Okayama City, Japan
OSTI ID:
5971464
Journal Information:
Physiol. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Physiol. Chem. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 16:1; ISSN PLCHB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English