Table 1

The Elemental concentrations in μg/ml of five different groups. The Values given in column 2 are the certified concentrations (reference standard A13) of various elements.
Elements Detected (in μg/ml)	Certified Value	A (Normal)	B (DENA Control)	C (DENA+V)	D (DENA+BC)	E (DENA+V+BC)

K	2500 ± 350	3714 ± 0.03^a	5440.6 ± 0.02^b	3810.5 ± 0.04^c	3805.0 ± 0.04^c	3782.5 ± 0.01^d
Ca	286 ± 53	269.7 ± 0.07	119.1 ± 0.03^b	242.5 ± 0.02^c	247.6 ± 0.02^c	261.9 ± 0.022^d
Mn	1.4 ± 1	1.6 ± 0.06	2.0 ± 0.05^b	1.5 ± 0.023^c	1.8 ± 0.01^c	1.6 ± 0.01^d
Fe	356 ± 150	370.5 ± 0.04	577.5 ± 0.04^b	392.7 ± 0.03^c	387.0 ± 0.06^c	379.8 ± 0.02^d
Cu	2.3 ± 0.5	1.5 ± 0.06	0.89 ± 0.05^b	0.98 ± 0.06^c	0.96 ± 0.02^c	1.2 ± 0.01^d
Zn	13.0 ± 10	18.9 ± 0.01	9.0 ± 0.06^e	17.9 ± 0.02^f	17.3 ± 0.04^f	18.4 ± 0.04^g
Se	0.24 ± 0.5	0.18 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.03^b	0.10 ± 0.07^c	0.16 ± 0.05^c	0.18 ± 0.07^d
Pb	0.18 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.03	0.25 ± 0.04^m	0.22 ± 0.02ⁿ	0.24 ± 0.03ⁿ	0.22 ± 0.03^l

^aValues are mean ± S.E. of five different run using different sets of targets. ^bp < 0.01 as compared with group A, ^cp < 0.01 as compared with group B, ^dp < 0.001 as compared with group B. ^ep < 0.005 as compared with group A, ^fp < 0.01 as compared with group B, ^gp < 0.005 as compared with group B. ^mp < 0.001 as compared with group A, ⁿp < 0.05 as compared with group B, ^lp < 0.005 as compared with group B.
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