Twenty Element Concentrations in Human Organs Determined by Two-Jet Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
Table 1
The analysis results of one donor’s (number 4) organs (μg/g).
Element
Lung
Spleen
Liver
Kidney
Muscle
Heart
Brain
Ag
0.04
<0.02
0.20
0.04
<0.03
<0.02
<0.03
Al
75
2.4
2.1
4.4
1.1
12
2.1
B
1.7
<0.5
0.96
0.96
0.61
0.55
0.59
Ba
4.8
<0.3
0.96
0.40
0.3
0.40
<0.3
Ca
1200
550
310
1330
190
400
430
Cd
7.0
2.2
14
290
0.11
0.24
0.24
Co
0.30
<0.3
<0.2
<0.2
<0.2
<0.2
<0.2
Cr
2.5
<0.5
<0.5
<0.5
<0.5
<0.5
<0.5
Cu
12
9.1
20
19
3.9
15
47
Fe
2900
3930
1200
960
160
420
440
Mg
930
1180
390
1360
890
1100
1260
Mn
1.9
1.2
5.0
10
0.35
0.81
1.8
Mo
0.30
0.87
5.4
3.0
<0.2
<0.2
<0.2
Ni
2.5
<0.5
<0.3
0.83
<0.5
<0.5
<0.5
Pb
<0.3
0.61
<0.5
<0.5
0.64
<0.5
1.9
Si
650
180
93
83
33
84
39
Sn
3.0
<0.5
0.36
<0.5
<0.5
<0.5
<0.3
Sr
0.71
0.28
0.27
0.62
0.22
0.20
0.34
Ti
12
<2
<2
∼2
<2
<2
<2
Zn
180
100
140
540
180
290
120
The relative standard deviation of the results was within 3–12%. The data of two-jet plasma atomic emission spectrometry contained reliable peaks corresponding to some elements, but it was possible to estimate only their approximate concentration.
