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Table 3

Mineral content (μg/g dry weight) of motto and kuru as adopted by Paoletti and Dufour [22].

Mineral	kuru body (𝑛=1)	kuru gut organs^a (𝑛=1)	motto body (𝑛=1)	motto smoked (𝑛=7)
				mean	S.D.
Aluminium	1430	36200	5220	2640	962
Arsenic	0.91	0.53	1.41	1.41	0.23
Calcium	2650	12900	7070	1020	260
Chromium	30.5	141	90.1	1.67	0.56
Copper	5.63	6.23	8.17	10.9	6.2
Iron	1050	12000	2990	1080	121
Potassium	3430	4510	897	6810	599
Magnesium	527	457	792	730	52
Manganese	17.9	29.8	74.6	22.6	2.7
Molybdenum	0.61	1.6	1.41	0.29	0.05
Sodium	997	1240	548	2160	116
Nickel	10.6	53.2	38.6	0.64	0.14
Phosphorus	3500	4220	3560	5620	326
Lead	4.72	ND	2.5	4.17	1.43
Selenium	9.02	ND	ND	2.71	0.41
Strontium	7.43	27.2	28.8	4.12	1.07
Vanadium	1.25	19.8	5.09	0.8	0.2
Tungsten	1.49	0.92	1.31	1.51	0.33
Yttrium	0	0.52	3.74	3.09	0.81
Zinc	149	93.5	131	96.3	15.4

^aParts not eaten; ND: not detectable.