concentration of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems is considered as an important environmantal issue. in this study, the namrood river located in firoozkooh (tehran province, iran) was assessed for the existence of heavy metals. the namrood river is situated by the main road being by pollutants from tourism and recreational centers, gas stations, sewage of villages, agricultural wastewater and...

AIM To assess plasma zinc and copper levels in individuals with anxiety and to test the hypothesis that there is a relationship between copper and zinc concentration and improved symptoms. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Serum from 38 individuals with anxiety and 16 neurotypical age, gender and size similar controls were tested for plasma zinc and copper concentration using inductively-coupled plasma-ma...

Zinc and copper were histochemically localized in rat ocular tissues. Zinc was demonstrated by the dithizone method, and copper by the rubeanic acid and rhodanine methods. The retinal photoreceptor's outer segment showed the presence of zinc, but no zinc reaction was seen in other parts of the retina or other ocular tissues, even in rats fed excess zinc. It seems that photoreceptor cells contai...

BACKGROUND Chronic, excess zinc intake can result in copper deficiency and profound neurologic disease. However, when hyperzincemia is identified, the source often remains elusive. We identified four patients, one previously reported, with various neurologic abnormalities in the setting of hypocupremia and hyperzincemia. Each of these patients wore dentures and used very large amounts of dentur...

Oxidative damage has been proposed as one of the possible mechanism involved in the nephrotic syndrome. Strengthening the defense system by antioxidants may provide protection against oxidative damage. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate oxidant and antioxidant status with copper, zinc and homocysteine in nephrotic syndrome patients and the effect of antioxidants, minerals and ...

It has been suggested that one risk factor in the development of hypertension and vascular disease may be abnormal copper and zinc metabolism. In the current study we tested the hypothesis that hypertension itself may result in alterations in the metabolism of these essential elements. Dahl salt-sensitive rats were fed diets containing 0.4 or 8.0% NaCl for 32 days. At the conclusion of the stud...

Copper and zinc are essential trace elements which play an important role in various biological processes. Along with various cytokines, glucocorticoids, glucagon and insulin, the acute-phase protein metallothionein is involved in the regulation of immune cell functions. Metallothionein is the central protein regulating zinc concentration. Zinc deficiency is often found in patients with chronic...

than 30pg/g fresh wt., only a small proportion of the zinc was associated with the lowmolecular-weight components of fraction 111. Increases in liver zinc concentration above this value were largely accounted for by an increase in the zinc content of this fraction. No similar modifications of the zinc content of the higher-molecular-weight components (fractions I and 11) occurred in response to...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Biochemical derangements of microelements although reported in oral cancer is poorly understood in oral submucous fbrosis (OSMF). Hence, the present study was carried out to estimate and compare the serum copper and zinc levels among different histopathological stages of OSMF with that of healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty histopathologically diagnosed ca...