PANEL DISCUSSION: "Trends of Trace Element Analysis in the Life Sciences"

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. SESSION I
5. MEDICAL ASPECTS OF TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH 1
6. Discussion 1 36
7. SESSION II
8. SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA IN RATS EXPOSED TO CADMIUM 37
9. ON THE BONE TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION 47
10. 4-AMINOBUTYRATE: 2-OXOGLUTARATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INHIBITION IN RAT BRAIN BY LITHIUM TREATMENT 57
11. INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF THIMOLYBDATE FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC COPPER POISONING IN SHEEP 67
12. Discussion 2 73
13. DEPENDANCE OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE ERYTHROCYTE GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE AND THE SELENIUM CONTENT OF BLOOD ON DIFFERENT SELENIUM INTAKES IN DIETARY TREATED PATIENTS 75
14. INVESTIGATIONS TO THE INFLUENCE OF SELENIUM IN VETERINARIAN MEDICINE BY EXAMPLE OF NUTRITIVE MUSCLE DYSTROPHY IN LAMBS AND RETAINED PLACENTA IN DAIRY COWS 83
15. Discussion 3 95
16. SESSION III
17. USE OF NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN THE DETERMINATION OF ELEMENTS IN HUMAN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID 96
18. COMPARISON OF THE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WILSON'S DISEASE 109
19. Discussion 4 116
20. REACTION OF ZINC AND MAGNESIUM IN THE BRAIN, LIVER, HEART AND BLOOD FOLLOWING THERMAL TRAUMA 117
21. TRACE ELEMENT BEHAVIOUR OF HUMAN AND MAMMALIAN TISSUES DURING EXCESSIVE SUPPLY OF METALS 137
22. URINARY CHROMIUM/CREATININE RATIO IN THE ASSESSMENT OF CHROMIUM NUTRITIONAL STATE 159
23. DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN PSORIATIC AND NONPSORIATIC SCALES WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO ZINC 167
24. SOME APPLICATION OF ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN MEDICINE 173
25. Discussion 5 181
26. SESSION IV
27. THE ROLE OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE ETIOLOGY OF CANCER 182
28. MEASUREMENT AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL BREAST TISSUE 199
29. Discussion 6 215
30. SESSION V
31. TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN CLINICAL MEDICINE 216
32. SPECIAL FORMS OF BOUND TRACE ELEMENTS; THEIR ANALYSIS AND INTEREST IN MEDICINE 233
33. THE CONCENTRATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD FROM HEALTHY NEWBORNS 243
34. APPLICATIONS OF FLAME ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY IN CLINICAL ANALYSIS 255
35. THE DETERMINATION OF MANGANESE IN URINE AND SERUM 265
36. DETERMINATION OF MOLYBDENUM IN SERUM 273
37. Discussion 7 283
38. SESSION VI
39. TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS BY GLOW DISCHARGE MASS SPECTROMETRY 285
40. X-RAY TOTAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS 297
41. HIGH-SENSITIVITY MULTIELEMENT TRACE ANALYSIS USING EDXRF SPECTROMETRY WITH MULTIPLE TOTAL REFLECTION OF THE EXCITING BEAM 307
42. TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SAMPLES USING SPECIALLY DEVELOPED TECHNIQUES OF PIXE ANALYSIS 319
43. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN SERUM WITH PIXE 331
44. NEUTRON ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO BIOMEDICAL SAMPLES IN PARTICULAR TISSUES CONTAMINATED BY STAINLESS STEEL IMPLANTS 339
45. DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE BY INSTUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS 351
46. ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE HUMAN BLOOD SERUM OF SOME SPECIFIC DISEASES 365
47. TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THIN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SAMPLES USING PROTON-INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE) 381
48. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT BY GAMMA ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (GAA) 393
49. X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS IN THE NANOGRAM REGION WITH A BRAGG POLARIZED PRIMARY BEAM 399
50. Discussion 8 405
51. SESSION VII
52. METALLOBIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH AT THE JRC-ISPRA AS CARRIED OUT BY NUCLEAR AND RADIOANALYTICAL METHODS 407
53. SEPARATION OF LOCALIZED TRACE ELEMENTS (BE, CD, SE) IN SERUM PROTEIN FRACTIONS UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL PH-CONDITIONS BY PREPARATIVE ISOTACHOPHORESIS 427
54. CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF DEXTRAN GELS FOR GEL FILTRATION OF TRACE ELEMENT LIGANDS 439
55. ACTIVATION ANALYSIS METHODS FOR TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD AND BLOOD COMPONENTS 447
56. DETERMINATION OF COPPER AND ZINC IN PLASMA PROTEIN FRACTIONS BY MEANS OF COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY 461
57. A CATALYTIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ELEMENTARY SULPHUR AND SULPHUR COMPOUNDS IN DRUGS AND BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS IN NONAQUEOUS MEDIA 469
58. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN SERUM IRON BINDING CAPACITY MEASUREMENT 477
59. AN α -D-MANNOSIDASE IN BLOOD PLASMA AS A POSSIBLE INDICATOR OF ZINC STATUS 491
60. Discussion 9 502
61. SESSION VIII
62. MATRIX EFFECTS IN THE TRACE METAL ANALYSIS OF URINE SAMPLES WITH FAAS 503
63. ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY AS A TOOL TO STUDY THE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF SELENIUM IN HUMAN BLOOD 513
64. A NOVEL SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION AND INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROMETRY 523
65. ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD SERUM WITH AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA USED IN ATOMIC EMISSION SPETROMETRY 531
66. SEARCH FOR SENSITIVE CATALYTIC METHODS IN ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL: IODINE, COBALT AND SELENIUM 553
67. INVESTIGATIONS ON IMPROVING THE SENSITIVITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS IN ANIMAL TISSUE MICROELEMENT DETERMINATION BASED ON THE METHOD OF EMISSION SPECTRAL ANALYSIS 559
68. HANGING MERCURY DROP ELECTRODEPOSITION TECHNIQUE FOR EMISSION SPECTROGRAPHIC TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF HUMAN PAROTID SALIVA 569
69. CARBON FURNACE ATOMIC EMISSION DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN BLOOD AND URINE 575
70. Discussion 10 586
71. SESSION IX
72. CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE LITERATURE VALUES OF EIGHTEEN TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN SERUM OR PLASMA 587
73. STUDY OF DISTRIBUTION HOMOGENEITY OF FE, CO AND ZN IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF NORMAL AND CIRHOTIC HUMAN LIVER BY THE NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS 601
74. ANALYTICAL PRE-TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL BY WET-ASHING METHODS 611
75. EFFECTS OF WET ASHING TECHNIQUES ON THE DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES 619
76. Discussion 11 629
77. SESSION X
78. THE RELIABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AS REVEALED BY ANALYTICAL REFERENCE MATERIALS 631
79. MILK-POWDER (A-ll) A NEW IAEA REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR TRACE AND OTHER ELEMENTS ANALYSIS 657
80. THE ROLE OF RADIOCHEMICAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN CERTIFYING SELECTED TRACE ELEMENTS CONTENT IN BIOLOGICAL RELATED MATRICES 675
81. MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION TO SHORT-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES WITH PREVIOUS REMOVAL OF SODIUM. APPLICATION TO DRY BIOLOGICAL STANDARD MATERIALS 701
82. MEASUREMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS BY APPLICATION OF REFERENCE MATERIALS 707
83. Discussion 12 726
84. TRACE ELEMENTS IN NUTRITION 727
85. Symposium " Trace Elements In the Life Sciences "
86. Introduction by the chairman 745
87. CHOICE OF THE ANALYTICAL METHOD 747
88. PROBLEMS OF SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES 769
89. THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEDICINE FOR TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN THE 21^st CENTURY 783
90. Participants of the Panel discussion 801
91. PANEL DISCUSSION: "Trends of Trace Element Analysis in the Life Sciences" 802
92. List of Participants 813
93. Subject Index 833
94. Backmatter 852