Copper Concentration in Body Tissues and Fluids in Normal Subjects of Southern Poland

Abstract

Data on the concentration of the elements in the human body are important, for example, to estimate the amounts required to maintain a good healthy state or find their connections with morbidity and mortality. In this paper, the concentration of copper (by flame atomic absorption spectrometry) in material obtained from autopsy cases of nonpoisoned people (n = 130), aged from 14 to 80 years, between 1990-2006, is presented. The following values were found (mean +/- SD in micrograms of copper per gram or per milliliter): brain 3.32 +/- 1.50 (n = 43), liver 3.47 +/- 1.51 (n = 79), kidney 2.15 +/- 0.90 (n = 76), stomach 1.10 +/- 0.76 (n = 65), intestines 1.54 +/- 1.19 (n = 25), lung 1.91 +/- 1.30 (n = 27), spleen 1.23 +/- 0.28 (n = 3), heart 3.26 +/- 0.59 (n = 5), bile 3.60 +/- 1.67 (n = 13), and blood 0.85 +/- 0.19 (n = 73).

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