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Nuklearmedizin 1973; 12(02): 189-201
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1624821
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The Natural Concentration of Gallium in Human Tissues

La concentration naturelle du gallium dans les tissus humainsDie natürliche Galliumkonzentration in menschlichem Gewebe
Henrik Hegelund Lange
1   Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark (Head: Troels Munkner, M.D.)
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Received:04 April 1973

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22 January 2018 (online)

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L’analyse par activation neutronique a été employée pour déterminer dans des matériaux biologiques les quantités de gallium stable aussi minimales que 10-4 p.p.m. (~10 pg/100 mg tissu frais). 20 déterminations ont été faits.

Le contenu de gallium semble varier entre 10-4 p.p.m. dans le sérum et 10-3 p.p.m. dans le tissue du foie.

Il n’y a pas de difference apparente entre les concentrations de gallium dans les échantillons de tissus cancéreux comparé aux échantillons de tissus normaux.

Summary

By means of neutron activation analysis it has been possible to determine concentrations of gallium in biological material down to 10-4 ppm (~ 10 pg/100 mg fresh tissue). 20 determinations have been carried out.

The gallium level seems to vary from about 10-4 ppm in plasma to 10-3 ppm in liver tissue.

There is no apparent difference in the gallium concentration between samples from cancer patients and samples from normal individuals.

Die natürlichen Galliumkonzentrationen in biologischem Material wurden mit Hilfe der Neutronenaktivierungsanalyse bis zu 10-4ppm (etwa 10 pg/100 mg) gemessen. Es wurden 20 Bestimmungen durchgeführt.

Die Galliumkonzentration dürfte zwischen 10-4 im Plasma und 10~3ppm in der Leber variieren.

Es besteht kein offensichtlicher Unterschied in der Galliumkonzentration zwischen Krebspatienten und normalen Personen.

 

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