Table 4 Dosimetry of Cu NPs in the whole blood, lung and placenta
From: Effects of prenatal inhalation exposure to copper nanoparticles on murine dams and offspring
Experimental group | Cu Concentration, Mean ± SE |  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole blood, μg/L | Lungs, mg/kg | Placenta, mg/kg | Fetus (GD19), mg/kg | ||||
Adult females | PND 0 | PND 50 | PND 0 | PND 50 | Â | Â | |
Exposed | Pregnant | 1400 ± 91.7### | 644 ± 7.0 | 85.9 ± 3.9***, ### | 28.5 ± 3.4**, ## | 19.9 ± 1.8 | 11.6 ± 0.3 |
Non-Pregnant | 737 ± 26.4 | 669 ± 20.7 | 54.4 ± 2.8*** | 20.0 ± 0.6*** | -- | -- | |
Shams | Pregnant | 1450 ± 18.3 | ND | 23.4 ± 4.1 | 12.8 ± 1.0 | 17.6 ± 1.6 | 11.1 ± 0.5 |
Non-Pregnant | 704 ± 13.2 | ND | 13.0 ± 1.2 | 11.8 ± 0.4 | -- | -- | |
Pups | |||||||
Exposed | -- | 600 ± 18.9 | ND | ND |  | ||
Shams | -- | 655 ± 30.0 | ND | ND | |||