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Distribution of31Silicon-Labeled silicic acid in the rat

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Carrier-free31Silicon (31Si) prepared by neutron activation, was injected in the form of31Si-labeled silicic acid into five albino male rats, and the organ and tissue distribution of labeled silicic acid was determined at sacrifice after 30 min. The kidney was found to contain 0.85% of the injected dose (ID) per gram of tissue; skin had 0.3% ID/G; testes 0.29; bone 0.26; liver 0.22; and brain 0.13. When expressed as % ID/organ, voluntary muscle had 14.6%; skin 10.8; bone 3.4; liver 1.6; kidneys 1.5; testes 0.8, and brain 0.2. These results indicate the need for further research into silicon metabolism in kidney, skin, bone, and brain.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Downstate Medical Center and Brooklyn VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY

    G. M. Berlyne

  2. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel

    R. Yagil & Z. Etzion

  3. Department of Nephrology, Soroka University Hospital, Beersheva, Israel

    R. Shainkin-Kestenbaum

  4. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel

    Z. Alfassi & A. Kushelevsky

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Berlyne, G.M., Shainkin-Kestenbaum, R., Yagil, R. et al. Distribution of31Silicon-Labeled silicic acid in the rat. Biol Trace Elem Res 10, 159–162 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02795569

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