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J Arak Uni Med Sci 2001, 4(3): 36-42 |
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Babaei S. Determination of Gold Amount in Tehranian Citizens Blood and Urine by Atomic Absorption. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2001; 4 (3) :36-42
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Faculty of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
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Introduction: Gold the valuable metal is chemically considered one of the most less active metals. The anti-inflammatory effects of drugs containing gold (sodium aurothiomalate) came into notice of the scientists in 1930. These compounds were able to suppress the joints and synovial membrane inflammation induced by infectious or chemical agents. Following these treatment methods their side effects induced this conception to the scientists for the first time to evaluate the amount of gold in the human body just after treatment with gold. This research has analyzed the gold amount in biological fluids in males and females bodies of the Thehran citizens with different conception, because none of them have received gold via oral or injective drugs and their contact with gold has been as jewelry or business instrument.
Material and method: Analysis of gold in this research has been done by Atomic absorption and 80 Tehranian citizen among patients referring to clinics of different areas of Tehran and if they have been conformed to participate in this research has voluntarily cooperated to give 160 n blood and urine specimens during year 1992.
Results: It is revealed in this research that the mean amount of gold in non-pregnant women is 232 ng/ml and this amount for non jeweler men is 280 ng/ml which is more than the amount of this for western people. For example this amount is 0.159 ng/100cc in blood for England which is much lesser than this amount for tehranian citizens. For statistical evaluation non parametric statistical method (mann-whitney U-test) is used.
Conclusion: Long term contact with gold for men not only do not increases the blood gold but also declines it. In women the increase in time and the amount of skin surface contact with gold is synchronize with increase of the blood gold and also is revealed that the pregnancy in women increases the amount of gold in blood.
Material and method: Analysis of gold in this research has been done by Atomic absorption and 80 Tehranian citizen among patients referring to clinics of different areas of Tehran and if they have been conformed to participate in this research has voluntarily cooperated to give 160 n blood and urine specimens during year 1992.
Results: It is revealed in this research that the mean amount of gold in non-pregnant women is 232 ng/ml and this amount for non jeweler men is 280 ng/ml which is more than the amount of this for western people. For example this amount is 0.159 ng/100cc in blood for England which is much lesser than this amount for tehranian citizens. For statistical evaluation non parametric statistical method (mann-whitney U-test) is used.
Conclusion: Long term contact with gold for men not only do not increases the blood gold but also declines it. In women the increase in time and the amount of skin surface contact with gold is synchronize with increase of the blood gold and also is revealed that the pregnancy in women increases the amount of gold in blood.
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