Influence of nanoparticles of platinum on chicken embryo development and brain morphology

Table 1 Survival, body weight, and selected organ weight in control and groups treated with different NP-Pt concentrations

	Control	1.0 μg/ml	5.0 μg/ml	10.0 μg/ml	15.0 μg/ml	20.0 μg/ml	SEM	P value
Survival	25	20	19	20	21	21	0.4837	0.1152
Body	50.77	53.97	52.97	53.15	54.30	52.00	5.043	0.2510
Brain	0.434	0.453	0.328	0.474	0.471	0.455	0.0564	0.6855
Heart	0.165	0.146	0.152	0.154	0.145	0.128	0.0475	0.0806
Liver	0.559 b	0.434 a	0.475 a	0.52 ab	0.495 a	0.516 ab	0.1645	0.0405^*
Spleen	0.013	0.010	0.015	0.012	0.010	0.009	0.0122	0.5891
Bursa of Fabricius	0.030	0.025	0.028	0.029	0.028	0.030	0.2559	0.9815

Chicken embryo survival (number of embryos), body weight (g), and weight of selected organs (g/100 g body weight) in the control group and in groups treated with different concentrations of platinum nanoparticles (1 to 20 μg/ml). SEM standard error of the mean. Means with different letters differ significantly; *P < 0.05.