The gastrointestinal absorption of 'biologically incorporated' plutonium-239 in the rat.
Growing potatoes have been labelled by foliar applications of plutonium citrate. Approximately 0.4% of the radioactivity was taken up by the tubers. The potatoes were fed to rats and the gastrointestinal uptake of plutonium was estimated to be 0.34%. The significance of these results in relation to the uptake by humans is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002951:Citrates; D005260:Female; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D011005:Plutonium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014675:Vegetables
D002951:Citrates; D011005:Plutonium