concentrations of heavy metals were determined in muscles of kutum (rutilus frisii kutum) collected from the central part of the southern end of the caspian sea during february 2011. except for silver (ag) and nickel (ni) which were below the limits of detection, the average levels of arsenic (as), cadmium (cd), copper (co), chromium (cr), copper (cu), iron (fe), manganese (mn), lead (pb), sele...

This study was conducted to determine the concentrations of Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Zn in the commonly used cosmetic products such as eyeshadows, eyeliners, and skin whitening creams in markets of Sanandaj city, Iran in 2014. In this study, 60 samples comprising of three different types of eyeshadows, eyeliners, and skin whitening creams were purchased randomly from different cosmetic s...

the study of regional variations and the anthropogenic contamination by trace toxic elements of soils is very important for environmental planning and monitoring in urban areas. soil, sediment and rocks of urban areas of kerman studied to assess the degree of pollution by trace elements as a consequence of anthropogenic sources. 37 samples were collected and analyzed by icp-ms for 29 elements. ...

The trace element content of clinkers (and possibly of cements) can be used for the qualitative identification (i.e. manufacturing factory). Several hundred clinker sorts have been analysed (by replicated quarterly samples, collected from all Hungarian cement factories as well as from factories of 8 foreign countries) to determine their Mg, Sr, Ba, Mn, Ti, Zr, Zn and V content. The first 6 elem...

background: there are studies that indicated dyshomeostasis of oxidant/antioxidant and trace elements in breast cancer patients, but the data regarding the status of these parameters in various stages of breast cancer are limited. the aim of this study was to highlight the status of these biochemical factors in various stages of breast cancer. methods: fifty-eight breast cancers patients partic...

the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of parenteral supplementation of cobalt, copper and iron in late pregnancy on ewe hematology parameters and lamb vigour. twenty ewes were allocated to one of two groups (n=10). in the test group, on day 120 ofpregnancy, cobalt, copper and iron were injected at a dose of 0.1 ml/kg bw (fercobsang, france, cobalt gluconate 5 mg/100 ml, copper ...