Groups | Direct exposure | Exposure via food | |||||
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Organ | Group I (control) | Group II (1 mg CN−/kg bwt) | Group III (2 mg CN−/kg bwt) | Group IV (3 mg CN−/kg bwt) | Group V (1 mg CN−/kg bwt) | Group VI (2 mg CN−/kg bwt) | Group VII (3 mg CN−/kg bwt) |
4 weeks exposure | |||||||
 Liver | 0.39 ± 0.05a | 1.80 ± 0.05b | 2.21 ± 0.03c | 3.12 ± 0.07d | 0.44 ± 0.04a | 0.69 ± 0.05e | 0.74 ± 0.05f |
 Pancreas | 0.31 ± 0.05a | 1.44 ± 0.05b | 1.85 ± 0.04c | 2.39 ± 0.04d | 0.37 ± 0.05a | 0.76 ± 0.05e | 1.24 ± 0.06f |
 Kidney | 0.36 ± 0.05a | 2.13 ± 0.05b | 2.72 ± 0.05c | 3.15 ± 0.08d | 0.53 ± 0.05a | 0.78 ± 0.04e | 1.17 ± 0.05f |
 Brain | 0.29 ± 0.05a | 0.86 ± 0.05b | 1.60 ± 0.04c | 1.16 ± 0.04d | 0.38 ± 0.05a | 0.69 ± 0.05e | 0.86 ± 0.07b |
 Heart | 0.28 ± 0.03a | 0.95 ± 0.04b | 1.80 ± 0.04c | 2.45 ± 0.04d | 0.27 ± 0.05a | 0.47 ± 0.05e | 0.68 ± 0.04f |
8 weeks exposure | |||||||
 Liver | 0.36 ± 0.05a | 0.89 ± 0.05b | 1.71 ± 0.05c | 2.84 ± 0.05d | 0.32 ± 0.05a | 0.53 ± 0.05e | 0.89 ± 0.05b |
 Pancreas | 0.32 ± 0.05a | 0.74 ± 0.05b | 1.43 ± 0.03c | 2.78 ± 0.04d | 0.27 ± 0.04a | 0.45 ± 0.05e | 0.66 ± 0.04f |
 Kidney | 0.48 ± 0.03a | 1.08 ± 0.04b | 2.27 ± 0.04c | 2.97 ± 0.05d | 0.44 ± 0.04a | 0.65 ± 0.05e | 1.06 ± 0.05b |
 Brain | 0.33 ± 0.05a | 0.79 ± 0.04b | 1.34 ± 0.05c | 1.46 ± 0.04d | 0.34 ± 0.04a | 0.48 ± 0.05e | 0.78 ± 0.05b |
 Heart | 0.28 ± 0.04a | 0.84 ± 0.05b | 1.64 ± 0.03c | 2.63 ± 0.04d | 0.25 ± 0.03a | 0.36 ± 0.04e | 0.76 ± 0.05f |
12 weeks exposure | |||||||
 Liver | 0.19 ± 0.04a | 0.46 ± 0.04b | 0.78 ± 0.05c | 1.07 ± 0.05d | 0.29 ± 0.08a | 0.45 ± 0.05b | 0.62 ± 0.06e |
 Pancreas | 0.08 ± 0.02a | 0.18 ± 0.03b | 0.30 ± 0.05c | 0.56 ± 0.04d | 0.09 ± 0.05a | 0.08 ± 0.05a | 0.16 ± 0.05b |
 Kidney | 0.22 ± 0.02a | 0.47 ± 0.03b | 0.90 ± 0.05c | 1.58 ± 0.05d | 0.37 ± 0.06a | 0.47 ± 0.05b | 0.87 ± 0.06c |
 Brain | 0.17 ± 0.05a | 0.25 ± 0.03b | 0.43 ± 0.05c | 0.67 ± 0.05d | 0.22 ± 0.05a | 0.32 ± 0.08b | 0.47 ± 0.05c |
 Heart | 0.12 ± 0.07a | 0.41 ± 0.02b | 0.65 ± 0.04c | 0.78 ± 0.05d | 0.18 ± 0.04a | 0.27 ± 0.05e | 0.38 ± 0.05b |