OBJECTIVE To present an overview of micronutrient status of Mexican children in 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data on iron, zinc, folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies and low serum copper and magnesium were gathered and critically analyzed from the 2006 National Health and Nutrition Survey. RESULTS Iron deficiency is still the main nutritional deficiency in children (13%-26%). Zinc deficiency ...

BACKGROUND Alopecia areata (AA) is a recurrent, nonscarring type of hair loss considered to be an autoimmune process. Though its etiopathology is not fully understood, there are claims that imbalance of trace elements may trigger the onset of AA. AIM The aim of the present study was to assess the levels of zinc, copper, and magnesium in the serum of AA patients. METHODS Fifty AA patients (3...

In order to investigate the effect of growth media and nutrition method on the growth of Bellis perennis L. and nutrients uptake, a factorial experiment was conducted with two factors: growth media (municipal waste compost, Azolla compost, tea wastes compost) and nutrition method (without fertilizer, soil application, foliar spray) in comparison to the control medium (60% soil + 20% manure + 10...

in this study, the concentration of calcium (ca), cobalt (co), chromium (cr), copper (cu), iron (fe), potassium (k), magnesium (mg), manganese (mn), selenium (se) and zinc (zn) as essential metals, were determined in caviar of wild beluga sturgeon caught from the caspian sea in march 2012. potassium (4885.51± 17.81 µg g -1 ) and magnesium (346.61± 6.6 µg g -1 ) had the highest concentration and...

postpartum depression (ppd) is a major depressive disorder that most often emerges within 6 to 12 weeks of delivery, but can happen any time up to 1 year after birth. in developed countries, the incidence of postnatal depression is about 10-15% in adult women depending upon the diagnostic criteria, timing of screening and screening instruments used. mothers with depressive symptoms have been fo...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of serum iron and zinc deficiencies and low serum concentrations (LSC) of copper and magnesium in Mexican adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples from subjects (≥20 years, both genders) participating in the 2006 National Health and Nutrition Survey were used to measure the serum concentrations of s-ferritin, soluble- transferrin-receptor (s-TfR), zinc,...

BACKGROUND In the present study, blood serum level of metals were determined in malarial patients and compared with those in the normal subjects without complication using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer. METHODS For the determination of these metals twelve intravenous blood samples each from referred malarial patients and a group of normal subjects were collected and immediately centrifuged t...

BACKGROUND Some studies have linked colorectal cancer to metal exposure. AIMS Our objective was to evaluate the element distribution in colorectal adenocarcinoma biopsies, adjacent non-tumour tissues, and healthy controls. METHODS The study is a case-control study which compared the element distribution in colon biopsies from two groups of patients: with colorectal cancer (2 types of sample...

Recent studies have shown that zinc, iron, vitamin A and other nutrients are closely related to the body's resistance to infection. This study was aimed to investigate the nutrient status of Chinese infants with pneumonia and reveal the relationship between nutrients and the outcome of pneumonia. Total 120 infants with pneumonia and 60 healthy infants aged 6 to 36 months were enrolled in this s...

Article history: Received on: 03/09/2012 Revised on: 16/09/2012 Accepted on: 22/09/2012 Available online: 28/09/2012 Mechanism of action of both magnesium and zinc in mediating their antidepressant activities is supposed to be through NMDA receptor antagonism. In the background of similarity in mechanism of action of zinc and magnesium as antidepressant through antagonism of NMDA receptors and ...