background: to examine macronutrient and micronutrient intake of adolescent girls of tehran, capital of iran to discover any malnutrition in relation to weight status and dieting. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted. four hundred 11- to 17-year-old students were selected by multistage clus­ter sampling from secondary and high schools of tehran. the information about dietary intakes w...

background: intestinal parasitic infections are widespread in the general populations and entrobiasis is one of the most common parasitic diseases in the world. the aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between parasitic infection of enterobius vermicularis and the absorbing levels of vitamin b12 and the minerals such as copper, zinc, and magnesium. methods: nine hundred sixty ei...

Biopsies from human prostates were obtained from normal and hyperplastic glands. The intracellular concentrations of calcium, zinc, and magnesium were analyzed using X-ray microanalysis of freeze-dried cryosections. Two prostate biopsies were obtained from kidney donors, ages 19 and 50 years, without any sign of benign nodular hyperplasia. The normal tissues were frozen within 15 min after circ...

background: minerals are essential materials in animal reproduction. the determination of these elements is valuable in relation to different conditions in arabian horses. objectives: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of pregnancy on certain macro and micro minerals in arabian horses. methods: blood samples were collected from one hundred apparently healthy mares from differ...

BACKGROUND/AIM To determine whether there was a difference between serum and hair trace elements' concentrations in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and healthy participants. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hair and serum copper, selenium, zinc, magnesium, manganese, and iron levels were measured by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry in patients with AD and healthy participants, and the o...

OBJECTIVE Limited data are available on the role of mineral intake in the development of lung cancer (LC). We investigated whether dietary calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, selenium and zinc intake were associated with LC risk. METHODS We analyzed data from 5435 participants of the Rotterdam Study, a prospective population-based cohort study among subjects aged 55 years and older. At baseline...

BACKGROUND The etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not exactly known and its etiology is multifactorial. The usual treatment for these children is based on pharmacotherapy treatment, although the pharmacotherapy has a high effectiveness in ADHD treatment, it often causes different side effects. Existing evidence suggests that children who receive mineral supplement wi...

Biopsies from human prostates were obtained from normal and hyperplastic glands. The intracellular concentrations of calcium, zinc, and magnesium were analyzed using X-ray microanalysis of freeze-dried cryosections. Two prostate biopsies were obtained from kidney donors, ages 19 and 50 years, without any sign of benign nodular hyperplasia. The normal tissues were frozen within 15 min after circ...