Determination of iodine in human brain by epithermal and radiochemical neutron activation analysis
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Despite the role of iodine for proper development of the brain and the functions of the element, the accurate data on its concentration in brain tissue are largely lacking, the main reason being analytical difficulties associated with determination of the element especially at low levels. In this work, samples from human brain regions from Hungarian patients were analyzed using epithermal and radiochemical neutron activation analysis (ENAA and RNAA, respectively). The RNAA procedure is based on alkaline–oxidative fusion followed by extraction of elemental iodine in chloroform. The results were checked by the analysis of biological standard reference materials, namely bovine liver, bone meal and diet, and by comparison with previous results obtained by a different RNAA procedure. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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