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Fig. 3 | Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Fig. 3

From: A 90-day oral exposure to food-grade gold at relevant human doses impacts the gut microbiota and the local immune system in a sex-dependent manner in mice

Fig. 3

TEM–EDX analysis of digestive or systemic organs in mice exposed to Ref-Au or E175. TEM images of Au particles and their corresponding EDX spectra from jejunum (A), colon (B), Peyer’s patches (C), liver (F) and spleen (G) of mice orally exposed to Ref-Au (10 µg/kg BW/d) for 13 weeks. TEM images of Au particles and their corresponding EDX spectra from the jejunum (D) and colon (E) of mice orally exposed to E175 (10 µg/kg BW/d) for 13 weeks

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