Lithium and copper are distributed equally between cells and serum. However, red cells contain more magnesium, zinc, and iron than does serum. To assure analytical accuracy, hemolysis should be avoided. Also, cells and sera must be separated shortly after sample collection. Since aqueous solutions leach magnesium from glass containers, materials and reagents meant for magnesium analysis should ...

BackgroundMany studies reported that copper, zinc and magnesium play important roles in the pathogenesis and development of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Exchange transfusion and intensive phototherapy are known two modalities of therapy for severe neonatal hyper bilirubinemia, but the effect of them on those trace elements is unknown.Materials and MethodsCopper, Zinc and Magnesium serum levels ...

A comparative analysis of a magnesium-zinc stabilizer based on pentaerythritol and standard calcium-zinc stearic acid was carried out. The influence the ratio magnesium (PenMg) to zinc (PenZn) thermal thermo-mechanical stability polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is considered.

The concentration levels of salivary calcium, magnesium and zinc can vary in different localized oral, as well as systemic diseases and conditions. So far changes in the concentration levels of specific electrolytes in stimulated parotid saliva in HIV-positive/AIDS patients have been proven. The objective of this research was not only to study the concentration levels of calcium in non-stimulat...

Magnesium and some trace elements known to act as antioxidants or to be related directly to glucose metabolism may be altered in diabetes mellitus. The aim of the present work is to study the state of these elements in relation to disease duration, control and complications. The study included 25 children with type 1 diabetes and 13 apparently healthy controls studied for serum magnesium, zinc,...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between school academic records and the iron, magnesium, potassium, and zinc content in adolescent girls' hair. METHODS The iron, magnesium, potassium, and zinc content in hair samples from 148 adolescent girls was determined by atomic absorption spectrometer. Their academic records from 2 school semesters were interrelated. ...

Zinc and magnesium are potent inhibitors of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex. Recent data demonstrate that both zinc and magnesium, like other NMDA receptor antagonists, exhibit antidepressant-like activity in rodent screening tests and depression models. In the present study, we investigated the effect of D-serine (agonist for the glycine(B) site of the NMDA receptor complex; 1...

In the present study, we investigated the relationship between depressive symptoms and serum zinc and magnesium level in antepartum and postpartum women. All women received standard vitamin, zinc and magnesium supplementation. Sixty-six pregnant women in the Czerwiakowski Hospital in Kraków were assessed for prepartum depressive symptoms using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Sixty-two and ...

Metastasis is the major cause of breast cancer mortality. The strength of cell adhesion to extracellular matrix is critical to cancer cell migration. Integrins, the primary mediators of cell to extra-cellular matrix adhesion, contain distinct divalent cation-binding sites. Binding of manganese and magnesium is vital to integrin-mediated cancer cell adhesion and migration. We hypothesized that z...

Undoped Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles as well as ZnO nanoparticles doped with Magnesium (Mg) were synthesized by wet chemical precipitation method using Zinc acetate and Magnesium acetate in Ethylene glycol and distilled water medium. The prepared nanoparticles were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD). The XRD patterns show the pattern of typical ZnO nanoparticles and correspond with st...