TABLE 1

Determination of scaling factors

Organ Weight
Organ Protein Contenta
Scaling Factorb
g/kg body weight mg/g organ weight
Liver 39.9 141 5660
Lung (agarose filled) 18.4 9 163
Kidney 7.7 170 1320
Small intestine 18.9 120 2258
Colon
2.9
122
354

  • ↵ a Determined by measuring the protein content of an organ sample with a known wet weight.

  • ↵ b Calculated by multiplying organ weight with the protein content per gram organ.