title: Accumulation and distribution of ions of group-IIIA elements in the tissues and eggs of the Japanese quail.
abstract: Solutions of salts of the five Group-IIIA elements were given, intravenously, to mature Japanese quail. By 18 h, the accumulation maxima in the major tissues were: leg bones, 20% for Ga+3 (67Ga label) in estradiol-treated males; liver, 51% for Al+3 (26Al label) in control males; kidneys, 32% for In+3 (114mIn label) in estradiol-treated males; and growing oocytes plus ova, 37% for In. Accumulations of Tl+1 (202Tl label) were 6 times those for Ga or In in the brain and muscles, and .1 times in plasma. The cumulative maxima in egg components over 8 (B; Tl) or 10 (Al; Ga; In) days were B, 23% in albumen; Al, 38%, Ga 27%, In, 43% in yolks; Tl, 12% in shells. The accumulation of thallium in the eggshells markedly exceeded (P less than .001) the deposits of the other IIIA elements in shells, Al being the next highest at .54%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wasnidge
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Floto
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000818:Animals; D001895:Boron / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D003370:Coturnix / Q000378:metabolism*; D004531:Eggs / Q000032:analysis*; D004602:Elements; D005260:Female; D005708:Gallium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000662:veterinary; D007204:Indium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008297:Male; D011784:Quail / Q000378:metabolism*; D013793:Thallium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D004602:Elements; D007204:Indium; D013793:Thallium; D005708:Gallium; D000535:Aluminum; D001895:Boron