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Table 1
Total food consumption, body weight and Zn content in tissues of rats fed diets differing in Zn and Cu^1,2
Diet Group	Test Diets (mg/kg diet)		Total Food Consumption (g)	Body Weight week 5 (g)	Liver Zn (μg/g dry weight)	Kidney Zn (μg/g dry weight)	Mucosal Zn (μg/g dry weight)

	Zn	Cu

Zn-30	41.27 ± 0.52^a	5.70 ± 0.04^a	881.0 ± 20.8^a	345.1 ± 6.2^a	91.99 ± 1.99^a	104.82 ± 1.80^a	97.12 ± 2.14^a
Zn-60	65.09 ± 3.42^b	5.57 ± 0.14^a	876.9 ± 28.6^a	346.3 ± 7.3^a	94.08 ± 1.20^a	102.42 ± 1.36^a	98.94 ± 1.31^a
Zn-120	129.18 ± 0.71^c	5.77 ± 0.08^a	852.8 ± 26.6^a	343.4 ± 6.4^a	104.40 ± 1.91^b	105.95 ± 1.05^a	115.28 ± 2.80^b
Zn-240	242.22 ± 0.80^d	5.78 ± 0.03^a	908.6 ± 28.7^a	364.9 ± 9.0^b	109.33 ± 2.25^b	112.97 ± 2.19^b	146.04 ± 6.77^c
Cu-D	48.48 ± 2.54^e	1.07 ± 0.02^b	891.2 ± 28.3^a	339.0 ± 8.5^a	94.69 ± 1.53^a	102.07 ± 0.77^a	94.93 ± 1.38^a

¹Values in a column without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. ²Values are means ± SEM, n = 12/diet group.
Iskandar et al. Nutrition Journal 2005 4:35 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-35

Table 1