Publication details
Distribution and kinetics of bromine in the rat tissues
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| Year of publication | 1999 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings, 2nd Internat. Symp. on Trace Elements in Human: New Perspectives |
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| Field | Endocrinology, diabetology, metabolism, nutrition |
| Keywords | bromine; rat; distribution; kinetics |
| Description | The distribution of 82-Br and biological half-lives of bromine in 15 different organs and tissues of rats, in addition to the whole-body half-life, were determined. The whole stomach was the only organ of those investigated which had a larger uptake of 82-Br than blood. A remarkably high concentration of 82-Br was found in skin which represented the most abundant depot of bromide in the rat body. In most of the studied tissues the biological half-lives of bromine were shorter than in the whole body, in which it equalled 197.8+22.2 h. |