TELLURIUM IN FOODSTUFFS AND ITS INTESTINAL ABSORPTION IN THE RABBIT

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. NEWER ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL METHODS
5. WHERE IS ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BIOTIC MATRICES GOING TO? 1
6. DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN BODY FLUIDS USING HYDRIDE-GENERATION AND GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY 25
7. LASER ENHANCED IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY IN FLAME AND FURNACE AS A TOOL FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS 43
8. QUANTITATIVE ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS (EXRFA) OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING INFORMATIONS FROM THE BACKGROUND CONTINUUM 48
9. AUTOMATIC RADIOCHEMICAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS As, Au, Cd, Cs, Cu, Hg, Mo, Rb, Se AND Zn IN HUMAN SERUM 55
10. PREANALYHCAL STEPS: SAMPLING AND SAMPLE TREATMENT
11. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DECOMPOSITION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL 63
12. ALKALI-DIGESTION METHOD USING TMAH FOR DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS CONTAINED IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS 72
13. SEMI-MICRO ACCESSORY TO AN AUTOMATED WET DIGESTION SYSTEM FOR ASHING SMALL SAMPLE AMOUNTS 78
14. AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS 84
15. ANALYSIS OF MANGANESE IN BLOOD SAMPLES FROM INFANTS AND CHILDREN 90
16. SPECIATION ANALYSIS
17. CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ELEMENT SPECIES BY COMBINED ANALYTICAL METHODS 99
18. COMBINATION OF HPLC AND ICP-AES FOR THE SPECIATION OF SELENIUM AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS IN BODY FLUIDS 119
19. DISTRIBUTION OF SELENIUM IN COW'S AND HUMAN MILK 136
20. SPECIATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN MILK AND MILK FORMULAS 145
21. QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF PROTEINS USING POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS AND NEUTRON ACTIVATION 157
22. SEPARATION OF CHROMIUM(II I) FROM CHROMIUM(VI) USING GRAPHITE FURNACE CHEMISTRY 167
23. SEPARATION AND ISOLATION OF COPPER-METALLOTHIONEINS BY FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (FPLC) 174
24. THE EFFECTS OF COOKING AND SIMULATED GASTRO-INTESTINAL DIGESTION ON THE SPECIATION OF CADMIUM IN PIG KIDNEY 180
25. CHANGE OF SPECIATION OF FUNGUS BOUND CADMIUM DURING DIGESTION IN THE RAT 188
26. TRACE ELEMENT LEVELS and REFERENCE DATA in BODYFLUIDS and TISSUES
27. LIMITS OF TRACE ELEMENT CONTENTS IN ORGANISM AS PARAMETERS FOR TRACE ELEMENT METABOLISM 199
28. INVESTIGATION OF NATURAL CHROMIUM LEVELS IN HUMAN BLOOD 220
29. TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN CLINICAL SPECIMENS: EVALUATION OF LITERATURE DATA TO IDENTIFY REFERENCE VALUES 229
30. PB, CD, AND MN IN FETAL, INFANT, AND ADULT RIB BONES FROM URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF GERMANY 236
31. A STUDY OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN PLACENTA, BLOOD AND HAIR FROM THE YUGOSLAV CENTRAL ADRIATIC 243
32. COMMERCIAL DIAGNOSTIC HAIR ANALYSIS: ACCURACY OR FANTASY - A CASE STUDY 251
33. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN 261
34. LITHIUM IN BIOLOGICAL AND DIETARY MATERIALS 267
35. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FLUORINE OVER HAMSTER TOOTH GERMS 270
36. SPECIAL ELEMENTS : ALUMINIUM and PLATINUM
37. PLATINUM METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT - A CHALLENGE TO TRACE ANALYSIS 279
38. DETERMINATION OF BASELINE PLATINUM LEVELS IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS 297
39. TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE IN PATIENTS WITH TESTICULAR TUMOUR BEFORE AND AFTER CISPLATINUM TREATMENT 304
40. ANALYTICAL AND PHARMACOKINETIC STUDIES OF PT-BASED ANTITUMOR GENTS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS 310
41. ALUMINIUM KINETICS DURING HEMODIALYSIS: EFFECTS OF THE ALUMINIUM CHELATOR DESFERRIOXAMINE 324
42. INFLUENCE OF RENAL IMPAIRMENT ON ALUMINIUM KINETICS 331
43. THE INFLUENCE OF SUCRALFATE ON SERUM ALUMINIUM LEVELS IN HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS 337
44. THE INTESTINAL SPECIATION OF GALLIUM: POSSIBLE MODELS TO DESCRIBE THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF ALUMINIUM 342
45. NUTRITION and FOODSTUFFS
46. ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF DIETARY FIBRE 351
47. SELENIUM STATUS IN HEALTHY BELGIAN ADULTS: ASSESSMENT OF ADEQUACY BY VARIOUS BIOCHEMICAL INDICES AND RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTATION 371
48. EFFECTS OF INCREASING DIETARY SELENIUH INTAKE IN HUMANS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY 377
49. SELENIUM IN FOOD AND NUTRITION IN FRANCE 384
50. DETERMINATION OF MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENT IN HUMAN DIET BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY 392
51. DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN FOOD DETERMINED BY PIXE ANALYSIS 398
52. MULTI-ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL BABY MILK FOODS BY ICPSMS AND INAA 404
53. TELLURIUM IN FOODSTUFFS AND ITS INTESTINAL ABSORPTION IN THE RABBIT 412
54. CADMIUM-BIOAVAILABILITY AND THE INFLUENCE OF FEED COMPONENTS IN CHICKENS 418
55. TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN DIAGNOSIS AND IN PATHOLOGICAL STATES
56. TRACE ELEMENT REGULATION OF IMMUNITY AND INFECTION; BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 425
57. TUBE FEEDING AND LOW SELENIUM STATE 434
58. AN APPROACH TO MOLYBDENUM IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS 440
59. METAL CONTENT IN HUMAN ALVEOLAR CELLS OF IRON-STEEL WORKERS AND CONTROL SUBJECTS STUDIED BY PIXE 446
60. MULTIELEMENT ANALYSES IN HUMAN LUNG TISSUE CORRELATED WITH SMOKING, EMPHYSEMA AND LUNG CANCER 453
61. EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON IRON, COPPER, ZINC, CADMIUM, COERULOPLASMIN AND TOTAL PROTEIN CONTENTS OF AMNIOTIC FLUID AND SERUM OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEONATES 459
62. DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN PATIENTS AND CARRIERS OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. A NEW PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL APPROACH 465
63. ZINC, COPPER AND SELENIUM IN CHRONIC AND ACUTE INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC DISEASES 471
64. CHANGES OF COPPER, ZINC AND IRON VALUES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 477
65. TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN BRAIN : REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERATIONS IN STRUCTURES AFFECTED BY CEREBRAL INFARCTION 483
66. USE OF ENRICHED STABLE ISOTOPES TO DETERMINE ZINC AND COPPER ABSORPTION IN PREMATURE INFANTS AND PATIENTS WITH M. WILSON 491
67. COPPER UPTAKE IN SHORT TIME CULTIVATED RAT HEPATOCYTES AND COPPER ACCUMULATION WITHIN THE RAT LIVER DURING CHOLESTASIS STUDIED BY PROTON INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE) 498
68. INAA OF RABBIT TISSUES AND ORGANS AFTER APPLICATION OF TANTALUM IMPLANTS 504
69. TRACE ELEMENT STATUS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF INDIVIDUALS WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES BY ICP-MS 513
70. TRACE ELEMENT METABOLISM
71. THE METABOLISM OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION 523
72. THE REGULATION OF LIVER IRON METABOLISM 542
73. NEW DATA ON THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE BRAIN PARTICIPATION IN IRON HOMEOSTASIS 548
74. STRAIN-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN COPPER ACCUMULATION AND EXCRETION UPON DIETARY COPPER LOADING IN THE RAT 556
75. METALLOTHIONEIN INDUCTION BY METHOTREXATE IN LIVER AND INTESTINAL MUCOSA 562
76. EFFECT OF MERCURY ON THE SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF ENDOGENOUS COPPER AND ZINC AND THE PRESENCE OF Hg, Cu, Zn -METALLOTHIONEIN IN THE KIDNEY OF RATS EXPOSED TO MERCURY VAPOUR 570
77. EFFECT OF ZINC DEFICIENCY ON THE GUINEA PIG DURING PREGNANCY 576
78. EFFECT OF ARSENIC ON MITOCHONDRIAL METABOLISM AFTER SINGLE OR REPEATED INJECTION IN GUINEA PIGS 581
79. INFLUENCE OF SOME ORGANIC ACIDS ON CADMIUM RETENTION IN PIGS 587
80. PRETREATMENT WITH LOW DOSES OF CADMIUM OR ZINK DECREASES LETHALITY IN MICE ACUTELY POISONED WITH ARSENIC 594
81. DETERMINATION OF THE SUPEROXIDE SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF VARIOUS MANGANESE COMPOUNDS BY USE OF OPTICAL AND ESR TECHNIQUES 601
82. POSSIBILITIES OF DIAGNOSING THE ZINC, MANGANESE, COPPER, IODINE. SELENIUM AND CADMIUM STATUS 607
83. ESSENTIALITY OF THE TRACE ELEMENT BROMINE 618
84. INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY OF THE KINETICS OF LEAD IN MAN 627
85. Subject Index 635
86. Author Index 649
87. List of Participants 655
88. Backmatter 667