Heavy metal intoxication is a consequence of the accumulation metals in body. The toxicity heavy metals, particularly lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury, remains significant problem challenge for future investigations.

The effectiveness of glycine in treating experimental lead intoxication was examined in rats. Male Wistar rats were exposed to 3 g/L lead acetate in drinking water for 5 weeks and treated thereafter with glycine (100 and 500 mg/kg, orally) once daily for 5 days or glycine (1000 mg/kg, orally) once daily for 28 days. The effect of these treatments on parameters indicative of oxidative stress (gl...

Abstract We report the case of a 63-year-old terracotta tiles manufacturer who presented with acute abdomen and normocytic anaemia. The patient elevated levels urinary delta-aminolaevulinic acid without any increase in urine porphobilinogen or coproporphyrin. Detection lead blood (1939 µg/dL one month before hospital admission occupational medicine clinic 44.70 at admission, values come from tw...

ABSTRACT Lead is a heavy metal and an important cause of acute or chronic toxicosis in humans, domestic, wild animals. This report aims to describe case lead poisoning jaguar (Panthera onca) kept under human care that was rescued from the environment. The animal poor condition 2004 at Belo Horizonte Zoological Garden (Minas Gerais, Brazil) until 2020, when it presented with anorexia, vomiting a...