The gastrointestinal absorption of 'biologically incorporated' plutonium-239 in the rat

Growing potatoes have been labelled by foliar applications of plutonium citrate. Approximately 0.4% of the radioactivity was taken up by the tubers. The potatoes were fed to rats and the gastrointestinal uptake of plutonium was estimated to be 0.34%. The significance of these results in relation to...

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Published inThe Science of the total environment Vol. 43; no. 1-2; p. 159
Main Authors Cooper, J R, Ham, G J, Baker, S T, Gowing, H S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.05.1985
Subjects
Animals
Citrates
Female
Intestinal Absorption
Liver - analysis
Liver - metabolism
Plants - metabolism
Plutonium - metabolism
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Vegetables
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Summary:Growing potatoes have been labelled by foliar applications of plutonium citrate. Approximately 0.4% of the radioactivity was taken up by the tubers. The potatoes were fed to rats and the gastrointestinal uptake of plutonium was estimated to be 0.34%. The significance of these results in relation to the uptake by humans is discussed.
ISSN:0048-9697
DOI:10.1016/0048-9697(85)90038-5