DISTRIBUTION OF ¹⁰⁹CdC₁₂ IN PREGNANT MICE FED WITH THE DIET DEFICIENT IN VITAMIN A AND VITAMIN D

Abstract

Retained amount and concentrations of cadmium in the kidney, liver, bones, digestive tract and others were compared between non-pregnant and pregnant female mice after the subcutaneous injection of carrier-free ¹⁰⁹CdC₁₂ solution. Mice were maintained with the synthetic diet without any particular addition of vitamins A and D. The cadmium concentration in the kidney of pregnant became double what it is in non-pregnant mouse on the average, but that in the bone was less in pregnant than in non-pregnant mouse.