the aim of this study was to measure the alterations in serum zinc (zn) copper (cu) and iron (fe) concentrations in patients with acute and chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis. serum zinc and copper were measured by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer and serum iron concentration was measured by the ferrozine method with commercial kits and assay was carried out by using an automatic anal...

background & aim: in some studies, changes in trace elements of abuse of addictive substances have been mentioned. due to the effects of trace elements on the immune system and their effects on susceptibility to infectious agents, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect(s) of morphine dependency on the concentration of trace elements (copper, zinc and manganese) levels in serum ...

background: asthma is a multifactorial disease and its severity varies with the inflammatory grade. there are conflicting reports about the roles of trace elements in asthma. this study examined the effects of zinc (zn), copper (cu), and selenium (se) concentrations in sera of patients with allergic asthma attending ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran. methods: forty-nine patients, aged 10 to 50 year...

background: the method of proton induced x-ray emission (pixe) has been widely used as a sensitive technique to trace elemental analysis in both biological and medical fields. the sensitivity of this powerful method is in the order of ppm .the aim of this work is to analyze structural composition of 4 heavy trace elements with z greater than 24 (mn, fe, cu, zn) in two kinds of gallstones and to...

objective: considering the various evidences due to effects of trace elements on the outcome of pregnancy, we decided to assess the effect of these elements levels in maternal and cord serum on low birth weight. materials and methods: an analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 344 pregnant women in labour and their neonates in maryam, akbarabadi and vali-e-asr hospitals in tehran, ir...

background: proton induced x-ray emission (pixe) has been applied as reliable and improved techniques in this study to compare concentration of various trace elements in normal and abnormal varicose veins. materials and methods: five samples from normal veins and 13 samples from varicose veins bombarded by 2.0 mev energy proton beams produced by a van de graff accelerator in vacuum. two specime...

there have been much speculation and debate concerning the effect of electromagnetic fields (emf) on body systems. various reports have implicated excessive exposure to emf to certain forms of leukemia. it has also been reported that emf may cause alteration in the levels of certain macro- and micro-nutrients such as copper, zinc, selenium, calcium and iron. we have undertaken this study to det...

this research aims  to monitor the trace elements content (cr, cu, pb, cd, ag, al, mn, mg, zn and fe) in the tissues of the muscle and liver of silver carp (h. molitrix ) and stone moroko (p. parva) from zarivar wetland in western iran. this research was cross-sectional. the research specimen  was fish caught from zarivar wetland. metal concentration analysis was carried out utilizing an  icp. ...

concentrations of 42 trace elements, including rare earths, in croatian thermal waters wereinvestigated. originating from different parts of croatia, i.e. different types of aquifers, studied thermal watersprovide insight into the range of concentrations of broad spectrum of elements in croatian thermal waters.covering a wide range of temperature (30 - 92 °c), studied thermal waters are general...