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Lithium: Occurrence, Dietary Intakes, Nutritional Essentiality

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

View larger version (74K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Lithium levels of human organs according to autopsy studies of Baumann et al. [21]. Abbreviations: Crbell = cerebellum; Crb = cerebrum; Kidn = Kidneys, Thyr = thyroid; Liv = liver; Panc = pancreas.

View larger version (83K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Lithium contents of select organs of control rats on 350 ng Li/g feed and of 1st and 2nd generation rats on Li deficient feed, according to Patt et al. [25].

View larger version (66K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Lithium contents of select organs of normal kids and of Li-deficient lambs, according to Arnhold and Anke [29].

View larger version (78K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Lithium contents of organs of kidney disease and dialysis patients compared to those of normals, plotted with data of Baumann et al. [21].