RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 DISTRIBUTION OF TUNGSTEN IN THE RAT FOLLOWING INGESTION OF TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS
JF Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
JO J Pharmacol Exp Ther
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 53
OP 55
VO 83
IS 1
A1 F. W. KINARD
A1 J. C. AULL
YR 1945
UL http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/83/1/53.abstract
AB In rats kept for 100 days on diets in which tungsten had been incorporated as either the metal, tungstic oxide, sodium tungstate, or ammonium paratungstate, the chief sites of deposition were bone and spleen, with smaller quantities in the skin, kidney, and liver. The possibility that the finding of tungsten in the skin is an artefact is discussed. Traces of the element were found in some instances in blood, lung, muscle, and testis. In only a single instance was tungsten found in the brain, heart, or uterus. In no case was tungsten found in any of the tissues of the control animals.