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Essential and Non-Essential Metals Profile in Blood of some Nigerian Pregnant Women [PDF]
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2015 In this study, the concentrations of some essential (Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, and Zn) and non-essential metals (Cd and Pb) were determined in blood of pregnant women aged between 15 – 45 years and enrolled at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching ...
MI Yahaya, AO Ogunfowokan, EO Orji
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Determination of selected essential and non- essential metals of honey in wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia [PDF]
Journal of Science and Inclusive Development, 2019 Honey is a sweet natural product produced by bees. It has many beneficial health promoting effects. The essential and non-essential metals’ contents of bee honey samples collected from Damot Gale district were determined by atomic absorption ...
Yohannes Bogale +2 more
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Essential and non-essential trace metals in scalp hair of men chronically exposed to volcanogenic metals in the Azores, Portugal [PDF]
Environment International, 2008 Volcanoes produce and release large amounts of toxicants, and the concentration of metals in hair can be used as a biomarker of exposure to trace metals. In order to investigate whether humans exposed to volcanic emissions demonstrate higher concentrations of essential and non-essential trace metals, scalp hair of men (3-89 years) living in two areas ...
Amaral, André +3 more
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Harmful Interactions of Non-Essential Heavy Metals with Cells of the Innate Immune System [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Toxicology, 2011 In trace amounts, some heavy metals are essential for optimum health, while exposure to others, which are non-essential, presents the potential hazard of acute or chronic organ toxicity. Cadmium, mercury, lead, vanadium, platinum and palladium are commonly encountered, non-essential heavy metals which mediate their toxic activities by various ...
Theron, Annette J. +2 more
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Effects of Environmental Non-Essential Toxic Heavy Metals on Epigenetics During Development
ToxicsWe are exposed to a variety of environmental chemicals in our daily lives. It is possible that the effects of this daily chemical exposure could accumulate in the organism in some form and influence health and disease development.
Hisaka Kurita +2 more
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Non-essential heavy metal effects in cardiovascular diseases: an overview of systematic reviews
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineIntroductionCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most important cause of premature death and disability worldwide. Environmental degradation and cardiovascular diseases are two keys to health challenges, characterized by a constant evolution in an ...
Saverio Nucera +19 more
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Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 2015 SummaryThe levels of essential (Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Cr, Mn and Ni) and non-essential (Cd and Pb) metals were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry in samples of korarima (Aframomum corrorima) seeds and the corresponding soils collected ...
Birhanu Mekassa +1 more
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Levels of essential and non-essential metals in Rhamnus prinoides (Gesho) cultivated in Ethiopia
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2012 The objective of this study was to assess the levels of essential and toxic metals in leaf and stem of Rhamnus prinoides which are used for bitterness of local alcoholic beverages in Ethiopia and as traditional medicine in some African countries.
Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi +1 more
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Plants, 2023 Photosynthesis is a crucial process supporting life on Earth. However, unfavorable environmental conditions including toxic metals may limit the photosynthetic efficiency of plants, and the responses to those challenges may vary among genotypes.
María de la Luz Buendía-Valverde +4 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxicokinetics-toxicodynamics (TKTD) of Cu and Cd in the soil model organism Enchytraeus crypticus, and assess the development of internal effect concentrations over time.
Fátima C.F. Santos +3 more
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