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Table 1. Graphite furnace programme for <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> determ<strong>in</strong>ation by ETAAS<br />

Step<br />

Temperature<br />

(ºC)<br />

Ramp<br />

(s)<br />

Hold<br />

(s)<br />

Ar flow<br />

(mL m<strong>in</strong> -1 )<br />

Dry 150 15 20 300<br />

Pyrolisis 1500 15 20 300<br />

Atomization 2800 0 5 50 (read)<br />

Clean<strong>in</strong>g 2200 1 5 300<br />

CHAPTER 2<br />

Fig. 1 Levels <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> <strong>in</strong> the different areas <strong>of</strong> the rat bra<strong>in</strong>. Data are expressed as<br />

mean ± SD. Asterisks denote values significantly different (one-way ANOVA followed<br />

by a Bonferroni‟s test) for treatment versus control group (*, p < 0.01, **, p < 0.001)<br />

and for the oral-treated group versus <strong>in</strong>traperitoneally-treated group (***, p < 0.001).<br />

�g Al 3+ / g<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

Control<br />

Al-treated<br />

**<br />

***<br />

*<br />

*<br />

***<br />

**<br />

**<br />

i.p. oral i.p. oral i.p. oral i.p. oral i.p. oral<br />

CE VM CO H ST<br />

**<br />

***<br />

** ***<br />

*<br />

**<br />

***<br />

**<br />

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