Trace minerals have long been identified as essential components in the diets of domestic livestock species. Chromium, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, and zinc are included in the category of essential trace minerals (or microminerals). Trace minerals exist in cells and tissues of the animal body in a variety of chemical combinations, and in characteristic...

The purpose of this study is to understand mineral diagenesis authigenic mineral and the effect of climate on mineral of Pleistocene-Holocene sediment deposits in the Southern Kenya Rift. Lake Magadi unique geologic settings are characterized by extreme alkalinity and high silica activities. The mineralogical analysis was achieved by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM...

Occupational exposure to mineral dust causes pneumoconiosis and other diseases. A cytotoxicity assay to predict the potential of minerals to cause disease would be of great value as a prevention strategy. This study compares the ability of several minerals to generate the more potent oxidizing agent, hydroxyl radical (.OH), and their cytotoxicity and lipid peroxidation potentials. Crystalline s...

-Clay minerals were used as indicators for determining the source of sediment in recently dredged harbors along the north shore of Long Island Sound. Amount and characteristics of clay minerals in sediments from the dredged channels were compared to their amount and characteristics in the surrounding soils and in sediments from Long Island Sound. Clay minerals in sediments from the channels wer...

Mineral characteristics and the in vitro hemolytic activity of three synthetic and two natural calcium silicates (CaSi) are compared. Hemolysis is higher for the synthetic compounds than for the natural ones. The difference is accentuated by weak ultrasonication of the minerals. No variation was observed within the two groups, including both acicular and fibrous forms. Calcium was released from...

The optimum value of trace minerals is how well they can serve their biological function in an animal’s body. For trace minerals to keep an animal in good health and performing to their genetic potential, they have to be available for absorption in the small intestines. There are a multitude of compounds and factors that will interact with individual trace minerals that have the potential to re...

We have evaluated the nutritional content of food intake (kilocalories, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and minerals) before and after a low caloric diet in a sample of 25 overweight and obese patients. We have also measured several biochemical parameters such as glucose, magnesium, iron, calcium, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and thyroid stimulating ho...

Mantle-derived xenoliths brought to the Earth’s Surface by basalts are important windows to understand composition, evolution and processes of the lithospheric mantle. The lithosphere of the southeastern China is dominated by peridotite or lherzolite [1, 2]. The spinel peridotite xenoliths studied are from Fangshan basalt, eastern China, which are composed of olivine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxe...

Submitted: Jul 19, 2013; Accepted: Sep 3, 2013; Published: Sep 11, 2013 Abstract: The study of isotopic ratios of oxygen and carbon has gained importance to determine the origin of ore bearing fluids, carbon origin and also to determine the formation temperature of non-sulfide lead and zinc minerals. In order to determine the origin of fluids and carbon existing in zinc carbonate minerals in Ch...

Multivitamin/multimineral complexes are the most common dietary supplements. Unlike minerals in foods that are incorporated in bioorganic structures, minerals in dietary supplements are typically in an inorganic form. These minerals can catalyze the generation of free radicals, thereby oxidizing antioxidants during digestion. Here we examine the ability of a matrix consisting of an amino acid a...