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Table 1 Levels of iron and copper for various zinc concentrations

From: Zinc deficiency or excess within the physiological range increases genome instability and cytotoxicity, respectively, in human oral keratinocyte cells

Zinc concentrations

0 μM

ZS 0.4 μM

ZS 4 μM

ZS 16 μM

ZS 32 μM

ZC 0.4 μM

ZC 4 μM

ZC 16 μM

ZC 32 μM

Iron (μg/million cells)

0.08 ± 0.00022

0.078 ± 0.00015

0.08 ± 0.00020

0.081 ± 0.00022

0.08 ± 0.00017

0.08 ± 0.00019

0.082 ± 0.00021

0.08 ± 0.00023

0.081 ± 0.00018

Copper (μg/million cells)

0.19 ± 0.00021

0.20 ± 0.00022

0.21 ± 0.00018

0.22 ± 0.00021

0.20 ± 0.00017

0.20 ± 0.00021

0.21 ± 0.00022

0.21 ± 0.00023

0.20 ± 0.00024

  1. ZS zinc sulphate, ZC zinc carnosine