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Ruminal Solubility of Trace Elements from Selected Philippine Forages

  • Serra, S.D.;Serra, A.B.;Ichinohe, T.;Fujihara, T.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.378-384
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    • 1997
  • The ruminal solubility of copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), and zinc (Zn) in eight Philippine forages was studied. These forages were: 1) grasses: paragrass (Brachiaria mutica (Forsk.) Stapf), stargrass (Cynodon plectostachyum Pilger), and napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.); 2) creeping legumes: calopogonium or calopo (Calopogonium muconoides Desv.) and centrocema (Centrocema pubescens Benth.); 3) tree lequmes: gliricidia or kakawate (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.), leucaena or ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.), and sesbania or katuray (Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir). Nylon bags with samples were incubated for 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72h in three rumen cannulated sheep fed with timothy hay (Phleum pratense L.) at 2% body weight/d. The 0-h bags were washed with deionized water. There were species differences (p < 0.05) on the different solubilities of trace elements. At O-h incubation, the trend of solubility was Mo (54%) > Zn (43%) > Cu (38.7%) > Mn (29.5%). At 3-h incubation, all the elements except Mn had an average solubility above 50%. Combining particulate passage rate (1.9%/h) and various trace elements disappearance rates, the effective ruminal solubilization (ERS) of trace elements were computed. The ERS across species ranged from 44.6 to 89.9% for Cu, 29.9 to 84% for Mn, 66 to 95.1% for Mo, and 30.1 to 82.3% for Zn resulting to a trend of Mo > Zn > Cu > Mn.

Serum Levels of Trace Elements in Patients with Prostate Cancer

  • Kaba, Mehmet;Pirincci, Necip;Yuksel, Mehmet Bilgehan;Gecit, Ilhan;Gunes, Mustafa;Ozveren, Huseyin;Eren, Huseyin;Demir, Halit
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.2625-2629
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    • 2014
  • Background: Trace elements are major components of biological structures; however, excessive levels of these elements can be toxic. Materials and Methods: In the present study, serum levels of trace elements were measured in 30 patients with newly diagnosed as prostate cancer and 32 healthy volunteer by using furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Results: It was found that there was an increase in serum levels of Co, Cu, Mg and Pb (p<0.05), whereas a decrease in serum levels of Fe, Mn, and Zn levels in patients with prostate cancer (p<0.05). Conclusions: These changes may be important in the pathogenesis of prostate cancers; however, further prospective studies are needed to identify relationships between prostate cancer and trace elements.

Petrogeochemical Study on the Igneous Rocks of Southwestern Part of the Sangju Area (상주(尙州) 남서부(南西部)에 분포(分布)하는 화성암류(火成岩類)에 대(對)한 암석지화학적(岩石地化學的) 연구(硏究))

  • Choi, Bok Ryeol;Kim, Yong Jun
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.329-342
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    • 1990
  • The purpose of this study is to clarify the nature of the differentiation and petrogenesis of igneous rocks in comparison with experimental results based on petrological and geochemical criteria. Study area is composed of the Precambrian granitic gneiss complex, Triassic meladiorite and biotite granodiorite, Jurassic biotite granite, and Cretaceous quartz porphyry. According to the data of EPMA, the clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene of meladiorite come under salite and hypersthene, respectively. Such results suggests that meladiorite is incipient differentiated products of basic magma under slow cooling condition. The petrochemical data of variation diagram of major element oxides vs. silica and of trace element oxide vs. silica, AMF triangle diagram and trace elements suggests that igneous rocks of study area are plutonic rocks belong to calc alkali rock series of the source of comagma intruded-emplaced in the order of meladiorite, biotite granodiorite and biotite granite by fractional crystallization of magma.

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Trace Element and Mineral Chemistry of the Cretaceous Granites in the Southern Mungyeong Area (문경남부일대(聞慶南部一帶)에 분포(分布)하는 백악기(白堊紀) 화강암류(花崗岩類)의 미량원소(微量元素) 및 광물화학(鑛物化學))

  • Yun, Hyun Soo
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.379-391
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    • 1991
  • The studied Cretaceous granties are widely distributed at the southern Mungyeong area in the southwestern part of Ogcheon Fold Belt. From the mineralogical and geochemical compositions, it is suggested that they show the characteristics of I-type and magnetite-series and formed under the conditions of high oxygen fugacity. The mineral chemistry of plagioclase, alkali feldspar and biotite in the granites by EMPA, was revealed as albite to oligoclase, microcline to microcline perthite and orthoclase perthite, and annite compositions, respectively. The granites have the distribution patterns of enriched LREE and depleted HREE, and show Eu negative anomalies suggesting mainly due to the feldspar fractionation in the residual magma. The geochemical data of Eu, EU/$^*Eu$, Sm and Gd suggest that the granites of the area have more abundant alkali feldspar crystallization than plagioclase. From the geochemical characteristics of Sr/Ba, La/Sm vs. Ce/Yb and other trace element evidences, the granites were the late stage products of differentiation and fractionated from a homogeneous parental granitic magma.

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Petrology of the Igneous Rocks in the Goseong area, Gyeongsang Basin II. Trace Element Geochemistry and Rb-Sr Radiometric Age (경상분지 고성지역의 화성암류에 대한 암석학적 연구 II. 미량원소 지구화학과 Rb-Sr 방사성 연대)

  • Jwa, Yong-Joo
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.473-483
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    • 1998
  • The igneous rocks in the Goseong area are composed of the volcanic rocks (andesitic lapilli tuff and rhyodacite), Bulgugsa granites (Hornblende-biotite granite and two pyroxene granite) and intrusive andesites. In the variation diagrams of the trace and rare earth element contents and elemental ratios as well as the REE patterns, the three igneous rock types show different variational trends and patterns. The geochemical features represent that the igneous rocks in the area were formed from three different magmatic pulses. Two independently carried out Rb-Sr isotope experiments for the Goseong granites show that the whole rock ages and Sr initial ratios of the granites are $66.4{\pm}6.2Ma$, $0.70517{\pm}22(2{\sigma})$ and $71.3{\pm}6.8Ma$, $0.70506{\pm}18(2{\sigma})$, respectively. These results suggest that the granites magma originated from the lower crustal materials of igneous origin intruded into the area during the late Cretaceous period. Masan hornblende-biotite granite emplaced at the vicinity of the Goseong area is very similar to the Goseong granite in its mineral compositions, major, trace and rare earth element contents and patterns. The intruding age (100 Ma) of the Masan granite is order than that of the Geseong granite, however. The similarity of the geochemical natures but the contrast of the intruding ages between the Masan and Goseong granites possibly indicate that the magma generation from the same source materials occurred at a temporal interval of ca. 30 Ma.

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Trace element levels and selenium uptake in cereals grown in lower Austria

  • Sager M.;Hoesch J.
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.479-492
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    • 2003
  • Wheat, barley, rye, and maize were grown in field and pot experiments at various non-contaminated soils in order to establish uptake rates for added selenate, and to find baseline concentrations for various soil types. Edible parts (grains) and stalks of the crops were analyzed separately for Se, as well as for Ca, Cu, Fe, Mn, P, S, and Zn. The addition of Na-selenate in admixture with the NPK 20:8:8 fertilizer had no influence on the composition of the other elements investigated. The proportions of added nitrate: selenate, and sulfate:selenate were kept constant. The Se- uptake rate differed among the cereals tested, it was highest for winter wheat. Utilization of added Se in the field ranged from $0,4-4,7\%$, and and in the pots from $3,3-5,4\%$, it was markedly lower in clay soil. Whereas P and Zn were preferably found in the grains, Ca-Fe-Mn-S got enriched in the stalks. For the fields, the location had some influence upon Fe, Mn, and Zn, whereas it was not important for P, S, Cu, and strikingly, Ca. Pot and field experiments on similar soils led to different results, except for P and S. Maize (whole grains) was significantly lower in Ca, Cu, and Mn, and might even cause trace element deficiencies, if exclusively fed. Few correlations between the trace elements investigated led to the conclusion that most element contents were governed by plant metabolism. Variations of mobile Fe in the soils were balanced by uptake into the stalks. The data are compared with data from other presumably non-contaminated sites.

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Petrology and geochemistry of the Seoul granitic batholith (서울 화강암질 저반의 암석학 및 지구화학)

  • Kwon, S.T.;Cho, D.L.;Lan, C.Y.;Shin, K.B.;Lee, T.;Mertzman, S.A.
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.109-127
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    • 1994
  • We report field relationship, petrography and major and trace element chemistry for the central part of the Seoul granitic bathlith of Jurassic age occurring in the Kyonggi massif. The batholith consists mainly of biotite granite (BG) and garnet biotite granite (GBG) with minor tonalite-quartz diorite and biotite granodiorite with or without hornblende. The mode data, along with the those reported by Hong (1984) for the biotite granite (south-BG) in the southern part of the batholith, indicate that the many of BGs and majority of GBG and south-BG are leucocratic. Major element data indicate that these predominant rocks of the batholith are peraluminous. Variation trends in Harker diagrams for the major and trace elements suggest that the BG and GBG are not related by a simple crystal fractionation process. The same is true between the central (BG and GBG) and the southern (south-BG) parts of the batholith, suggesting that the central and southern parts of the Seoul batholith may consist of three separate intrusions. Tectonic discriminations using major and trace element data and the age of emplacement suggest that the batholith represents Jurassic plutonism related to an orogeny, perhaps to a subduction-related continental magmatic arc.

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Determination of Trace Metals in Fel Ursi (시판 웅담의 미량금속 정량에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sook-Yun;Yu, Bong-Shin;Mun, Hye-Ryoung;Kim, Sung-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.102-105
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    • 1982
  • Nine trace elements in Bear Galls(Fel Ursi) studied in this paper are Na, Mg, K, Ca, Cu, Zn, Fe, Pb and Ge. The contents of Na, Mg, K, Ca, Cu, Zn, Fe, Pb are determined by atomic absorption spectrometry and Ge is determined by graphite atomic absorption spectrometry. In both methods, the sample is digested with nitric-perchloric acid and then ashed. The results of analysis are shown in table and the result obtained from this study are as follows. a. The highest content of trace element of Bear Gall is Na and other elements are getting lower in order of K, Mg, Ca, Ge, Zn, Fe, Cu, and Pb. b. Particularly the content of Ge in Bear Gall was determined.

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Chlorella 대량 배양을 위한 농업용 비료에 trace element의 첨가 효과

  • 배진희;이계안;허성범
    • Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.88-89
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    • 2003
  • Rotifer의 먹이 생물로 이용되는 Chlorella의 대량 배양에는 농업용 비료가 널리 이용되고 있다. 그러나 농업용 비료만을 사용할 경우 f/2배지에 비해 성장이 낮은 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 농업용 비료 배지에 여러 가지 미량 성분을 첨가하여 그 성장 변화를 측정하고, 고밀도 대량 배양에 필요한 미량 원소 성분을 파악하고자 하였다. 먼저 Chlorella의 대량 배양에 이용되는 농업용 비료 배지(복합, 요소비료)에 실내 배양에 주로 이용되는 f/2배지의 trace element 성분 중 코발트(Co), 구리(Cu), 아연(Zn) 및 몰리브덴(Mo)를 f/2배지의 함량을 기준으로 각각 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 및 2.0배로 첨가하여 $25^{\circ}C$, 5,000 lux 연속조명, 15$\textperthousand$에서 배양한 결과 각 미량 원소의 첨가 함량이 높을수록 Chlorella의 성장은 높게 나타났다. 전체 실험구 중에서 아연 2.0배, 구리 2.0배를 첨가한 비료 배지에서 S.G.R.이 각각 0.3598, 0.3599의 성장을 나타내었으며, 아연과 구리 성분을 첨가한 Chlorella에서 높은 성장률을 보였다. 위의 실험에서 첨가효과가 좋은 Cu와 Zn 2.0배와 철(Fe)과 망간(Mn)을 같은 비율(0.5~2.0배)로, 다시 배양한 결과, Cu 2.0배와 Zn 2.0배는 S.G.R.이 각각 0.6283과 0.6231로 가장 높았으며, Fe 2.0배, Mn 2.0배와 1.5배에서 S.G.R이 각각 0.6210, 0.6200, 0.6183의 높은 성장률을 나타내었다. 위의 실험에서 농업용 비료에 첨가된 모든 trace element 중에서 가장 좋은 성장을 나타낸 구리(Cu) 성분의 정확한 공급 농도를 파악하기 위하여 농업용 비료에 2, 3, 4 및 5배를 첨가하여 $25^{\circ}C$, 5,000 lux, 15$\textperthousand$에서 배양한 결과, S.G.R.이 CU 함량을 3배로 첨가하였을 경우 2716$\times$$10^4$cells/$m\ell$로 가장 높은 세포 밀도를 나타내었다. 또한 5종의 trace element (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Co)를 혼합하여 비료 배지(1.25배)에 첨가하여 미량 원소간의 상호 작용에 대해서 알아 본 결과, Fe와 Mn 두가지 성분만을 농업용 비료 배지에 혼합하였을 경우 세포수가 2720$\times$$10^4$cells/$m\ell$로서 높은 성장을 나타내었다. 다음으로 Fe, Mn, Zn 및 Cu 4종을 모두 혼합하여 첨가한 실험구가 2608$\times$$10^4$ cells/$m\ell$ 높은 세포 밀도를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로서 옥외에서 농업용 비료배지에 구리(Cu, f/2배지 기준 3.0배)성분을 첨가함으로써 Chlorella의 성장을 효율적으로 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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