Application of Fast Grey RA to the spectrophotometric determination of copper in soft tissues of Egyptian camels

Copper in different organs of Egyptian camels was successfully determined spectrophotometrically using Fast Grey RA. Its values amounted to: 200.8 ± 11.4, 155.8 ± 16.1, 142 ± 6.8, 128.3 ± 6.9, 117.6 ± 5.1, 113.0 ± 5.3, 86.3 ± 3.2, 79.0 ± 5.2, 76.3 ± 3.7, 66.3 ± 4.3, 59.8 ± 1.7, 57.6 ± 3.0, 53.0 ± 2.2, 36.3 ± 2.3 and 3.03 ± 0.32 μg/g dry matter of hair, liver, spleen, lung, heart, integument, muscle, brain, lymph gland, small intestine, large intestine, kidney, adrenal, fourth stomach, and hump, respectively, while 1 ml citrated blood contained 6.97 ± 0.64 μg. Of 16 elements mentioned, only vanadium interferes with the determination of copper in hair by the present method.