Research Article
Green Tea Increases the Concentration of Total Mercury in the Blood of Rats following an Oral Fish Tissue Bolus
Table 1
Plasma pharmacokinetic parameters from Sprague-Dawley rats gavaged with high mercury fish slurry and treated with water, green tea, or DMSAa,b,c.
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= maximum plasma mercury concentration; = time of maximum plasma mercury concentration; = elimination rate constant; bdata are expressed as mean ± SEM. cDifferent letters indicate a significant () difference in plasma pharmacokinetic parameters between different treatments. |