title: The organ distribution of tin and the effect of tin on concentrations of several essential elements in rabbit.
abstract: The organ distribution and the effects of administration of tin, 5 mumol/kg/day, for 6 days on calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphate, and zinc concentrations in plasma, erythrocytes, liver, kidney, and spleen of adult rabbits were studied. Kidney contained the highest concentration of tin, 15.0 +/- 1.64 micrograms/g wet weight (mean +/- S.D., n = 4). The concentrations of copper, phosphate, and magnesium increased significantly in the kidney, while magnesium concentration decreased in erythrocytes 1 day after the administration of tin for 6 consecutive days. A high correlation coefficient between magnesium and phosphate was observed in all organs tested. The correlation coefficients between P vs. Cu, P vs. Ca, and Mg vs. Ca in the liver were lowered during the period of tin administration, whereas those between P vs. Zn, Mg vs. Zn, and Cu vs. Zn in the kidney disappeared after tin administration was completed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism; D014001:Tin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D014001:Tin