The concentration of bivalent cations affects a large number of processes that occur in the oro-maxillary region. A connection has been established between chronic periodontitis, on one side, and the salivary concentration of calcium, magnesium, zinc and copper and the concentration of magnesium in blood, on the other. Patients with suppurations on oro-maxillo-facial area show decreased blood c...

To determine whether some of the side effects of antiepileptic drugs could be due to zinc depletion within tissues, zinc concentrations in the polymorphonuclear leucocytes in 26 epileptic patients receiving valproate or carbamazepine and 14 controls were assessed. There was no difference in zinc concentration in leucocytes among the three groups and no evidence of zinc depletion. Valproate and ...

BACKGROUND Zinc is an important cause of morbidity, particularly among young children. The dietary, functional, and biochemical indicators should be used to assess zinc status and to indicate the need for zinc interventions. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the zinc status and reference intervals for serum zinc concentration considering dietary, functional, and biochemical...

plants are the most sources for cadmium enters to human food and this element in food regime may be a serious threat to human health. thus, the effect of azotobacter inoculum (azotobacter chroococcum), mycorrhiza fungi (glomus intraradaices) , zinc sulphate and urea on cadmium convertation and growth parameters of fenugreek medicinal plant (trigonella foenum gracum l.) in cadmium polluted soils...

Zinc is an essential cofactor of more than 100 enzymes, including metalloenzymes and metalloenzyme complexes, which are necessary in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fatty acids, proteins and nucleic acids. It is an important factor in the metabolism of neurotransmitters, prostaglandins, and for maintaining brain structure and function. Dopamine is one of the most important factors in the patho...

Hamdi, A. E. (1969). Brit. J. industr. Med., 26, 126-134. Chronic exposure to zinc of furnace operators in a brass foundry. Twelve furnace operators with chronic exposure to zinc oxide fumes in a brass foundry and 10 normal non-exposed control subjects were studied. Simultaneous determinations of zinc concentrations in the plasma, blood corpuscles, whole blood, and urine were made for each work...

The rate of copper II/zinc cementation from copper sulphate solutions in the absence and in the presence of methanol (CH3OH) and dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) has been studied and the reaction was found to follow first-order kinetics. The influence of several parameters on the course of the reaction, such as cylinder rotation speed, initial concentration of Cu ions, temperature and concentration o...