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Comparative Study
. 1993;31(4):563-9.
doi: 10.3109/15563659309025761.

In vivo binding of radiocesium by two forms of Prussian blue and by ammonium iron hexacyanoferrate (II)

B Dresow  1 , P Nielsen, R Fischer, A A Pfau, H H Heinrich
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Comparative Study

In vivo binding of radiocesium by two forms of Prussian blue and by ammonium iron hexacyanoferrate (II)

B Dresow et al. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1993.

Abstract

The effect of two forms of Prussian blue, soluble K3 Fe[Fe(CN)6] and insoluble Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3, and of ammonium iron hexacyanoferrate (II) (NH4Fe[Fe(CN)6] on intestinal radiocesium absorption was investigated in rats, pigs, and humans. In rats 5 mg of antidote administered 2 min before 134Cs tracer reduced radiocesium absorption to 2.4-6.3% of the oral dose. In pigs fed with Chernobyl-contaminated whey under normal feeding conditions for a 27 day period, radiocesium activity concentration was reduced from 360 Bq/kg in control animals to 10-30 Bq/kg by 5 g antidote/d. In man 1 g of oral Prussian blue diminished the cesium absorption from a 134Cs-labelled test meal to 5.6-6.4% of the controls. The inhibitory effects of colloidally soluble K3 Fe[Fe(CN)6] and of (NH4Fe[Fe(CN)6] were similar with slightly less inhibition by the insoluble Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3.

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