The concentration of twelve elements in the anterior pituitary from human subjects and rats as measured by particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE)

Biological Trace Element Research
O Thorlacius-UssingN Hertel

Abstract

The concentration of twelve elements--potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, selenium, bromine, and rubidium--in anterior pituitaries from human subjects and rats was measured using Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE). The human material included anterior pituitaries from 37 normal human subjects, 27 males and 10 females, all of whom died from traumatic lesions. Excluded from the investigations were persons with alcohol abuse, regular use of drugs, and babies younger than 1 year. For selenium, zinc, bromine, and to some extent copper, there was good correlation between the amounts found in anterior pituitaries from rats and human subjects. A significant difference between male and female rat pituitaries was observed for copper, iron, and rubidium, whereas for humans significant difference was only observed for manganese. Anterior pituitaries from human females contained generally more zinc than male glands, but the concentration of zinc in young males was higher than in females. The present study also indicates age related differences in the copper content in anterior pituitaries from human subjects, since pituitaries from humans between 15-45 years contained 25% more copper than those fr...Continue Reading

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