patients and methods serum zn and cu level of 43 patients with brucellosis (34 men and 9 women) were compared with 43 matched healthy controls. serum micronutrient concentrations were measured by automatic absorptive spectrophotometry. results mean serum cu concentration was significantly higher in subjects with brucellosis when compared with agematched healthy controls (p<0.05). mean serum zn ...

We determined zinc, copper, magnesium, and calcium concentrations by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in the plasma of 30 patients hospitalized for treatment of seizures during a period of alcohol withdrawal. Those patients who developed delirium tremens or a prolonged hallucinatory state had significantly higher plasma copper concentrations (P = 0.026), significantly lower zinc concentratio...

Zinc and copper have important effects on T cell mediated immunity and on neutrophil function, but it is not known how the causes or effects, of low serum zinc and high serum copper relate to the clinical picture of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study serum zinc and copper determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry and 30 other clinical, immunological, and laboratory parameters in ...

In-cell NMR allows characterizing the folding state of a protein as well as posttranslational events at molecular level, in the cellular context. Here, the initial maturation steps of human copper, zinc superoxide dismutase 1 are characterized in the E. coli cytoplasm by in-cell NMR: from the apo protein, which is partially unfolded, to the zinc binding which causes its final quaternary structu...

An extremely sensitive pulse polarographic method for the determination of zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate (an agricultural fungicide) and zinc di-n-pentyldithiocarbamate (a petroleum additive), has been developed based on the reaction of their dithiocarbamate moiety with copper(II) perchlorate in acetonitrile medium. Well defined diffusion-controlled peaks are observed at –140 mV and –130 mV (vs ...

BACKGROUND It is well known that some trace elements such as zinc and copper play a significant role in many forms of hair loss. However, the effect of zinc and copper in the pathogenesis of hair loss is still unknown. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to evaluate the zinc and copper status in each of four types of hair loss. METHODS A study was carried out with 30 health controls and ...

PURPOSE To investigate the aqueous humor, lens, and serum concentrations of zinc, iron, and copper in patients with pseudoexfoliative cataract and compare with patients who have senile cataract without pseudoexfoliation. METHODS Twenty-five patients with pseudoexfoliative cataract and 25 patients with senile cataract as control group were enrolled in the study. Samples from aqueous humor, ser...

The concentrations of zinc, copper, cadmium and lead in surface water, sediments and two native snail species, Bellamya bengalensis and Melanoides tuberculata from Latipada reservoir were determined. The concentrations of cadmium and lead in surface water were higher than the WHO recommended limits for drinking water standards; where as those of zinc and copper were within the permissible limit...