Can the Hyperaccumulating Plant Arabidopsis halleri in Feed Influence a Given Consumer Organism (Rattus norvegicus var. alba)?
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Arabidopsis chemistry MeSH
- Liver drug effects MeSH
- Cadmium analysis MeSH
- Animal Feed analysis MeSH
- Rats MeSH
- Kidney drug effects MeSH
- Optics and Photonics MeSH
- Rats, Wistar MeSH
- Arabidopsis Proteins MeSH
- Spleen drug effects MeSH
- Spectrum Analysis MeSH
- Trace Elements analysis MeSH
- Muscles drug effects MeSH
- Intestine, Small drug effects MeSH
- Temperature MeSH
- Testis drug effects MeSH
- Zinc analysis MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Rats MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Cadmium MeSH
- Arabidopsis Proteins MeSH
- Trace Elements MeSH
- Zinc MeSH
Zinc and cadmium concentrations in rat (Rattus norvegicus var. alba) tissues were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. Rats were fed the zinc and cadmium hyperaccumulating plant, Arabidopsis halleri. When compared to the control group, a Cd increase in all tissues (liver, kidneys, small intestine, spleen, testes, muscle), with the exception of bone tissue was observed. In comparison to the control group, the kidneys, liver and small intestine contained 375, 162, and 80 times more Cd, respectively. Differences between zinc concentrations in rats fed with A. halleri and those of the control group were significant only in the small intestine and kidney tissues. Results suggest using the hyperaccumulating plant A. halleri as a feed stresses the consumer organism not through its Zn content, but through its Cd content.
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