diabetes mellitus (dm) is a metabolic disorder resulting from a defect in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. despite the fact that it has a worldwide high prevalence, morbidity and mortality, it is regarded as a non–curable but controllable disease. in addition to different synthetic drugs, plant remedies and dietary traditions play an effective role in treatment. teucrium polium l. is ...

The distribution of major and trace elements was systematically investigated by use of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF) on a former horticultural soil. The purpose of the study was to combine mapping of soil element concentration levels with multivariate statistics for characterisation of soil metal pollution in relation to previous and present land use. A 1-ha study si...

The trace element content of thirty-two nuts including almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts and pistachios available in a Greek market was determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Wet acid digestion using nitric (65%) took place Teflon autoclaves. limits detection (LODs) quantification (LOQs) ranged between 0.01 (Mg)–2.52 (Cu) ?g g?1 0.02 (Mg)–8.40 g?1, respective...

Borehole water has been used as a vital source of for many communities. The pollution these boreholes by potentially toxic elements using unlined solid waste dumpsites posed significant risk to the populace living around dumpsite. This study investigates environmental impact on borehole within vicinity an dumpsite in Nnewi metropolis. upstream and downstream samples (16 each) were collected wet...

Nowadays several papers deal with the effectiveness and side effects of metal complexes, especially cisplatin, in cancer therapy. The excretion of essential metal elements from the body is a serious problem in the treatment, but there are no data concerning the distribution and metabolism of toxic and nonessential elements. Therefore our aim was to study the concentration of some of these eleme...

Methods 29 patients (17 (58,6%) boys and 12 (41,6%) girls), aged from 14 days to 17 years (medium age: 26 month±2 month) old with CHD were examined by the spectral analysis of toxic element barium in intraoperative (23) and autopsy (6) biopsies of endocardium (22), myocardium (26), pericardium (7), aorta (10), skin (8), subcutaneous fat (8), intercostal muscles (24), fascia (2), kidneys (5), br...

background: although it is one of the most toxic nonradioactive elements, mercury is widely used in dental amalgam. mercury is a toxic element which can damage various organs such as central nervous system, renal, respiratory and hematologic systems. the adverse health impacts associated to exposure to some common sources of electromagnetic fields including laptop computers, mobile phones, mri ...