Publications by authors named "Skal'nyĭ A"

Selenium content in beef, pork and poultry from Orenburg Region has been investigated. Regions with low (beef < 112 mcg/kg, pork--about 200 mcg/kg, poultry < 127 mcg/kg), medium and high (beef > 300 mcg/kg; pork--about 600 mcg/kg; poultry--170-180 mcg/kg) selenium levels are indicated. Positive correlations between selenium content in meat and soil are demonstrated (beef/soil +0.

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Survey of 77 males aged 22 to 55 including 43 pilots (main group), 24 non-flying employees (comparison group) and 10 essentially healthy men with sanitized oral cavity (control group) revealed caries in 100% members of groups 1 and 2. Prevalence of other than caries pathologies was higher in the group of pilots. Analysis of mixed unstimulated saliva showed calcium and phosphates reduction by half in 50% and 30% of pilots, respectively.

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The paper analyzes the trace element status in the children residing in Orenburg and the Sakmarsky District, Orenburg Region. The study was conducted among 2nd-3rd-form pupils. Their hair samples were used as a biosubstrate to ascertain the trace element status; chemical elements were determined in accordance with guidelines 4.

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The authors determined concentrations of 24 elements in hair of workers contacting arsenic high concentrations in workplace air, of individuals suffering from malignancies variable in localization, and of general population residing in places with environmentally high level of arsenic. Individuals with high hair content of arsenic and certain elemental dysbalance (sharp decrease of elements ratio Si/Hg, Zn/Hg, Se/Hg, P/Hg, Ni/Hg and Nb/Hg, if compared to control group) were assigned to high risk group for malignancies development.

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The hair levels of chemical elements (Al, As, Be, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, I, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Se, Si, Sn, V, and Zn) were studied in Orenburg heat and power plant workers. The specific features of the elemental composition of biosubstrates were revealed in relation to the physical and chemical exposures of the workers to industrial factors. The peculiarities of element-to-element relations were established in man under different working conditions.

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It is well known that a toxic effect of some medicines is the result of their in vivo interactions with trace elements leading to disturbance of trace element balance in the living body. The Mossbauer spectrometry technique has been used for toxicochemical evaluation of iron-bearing medicines. This method can be used in forensic toxicology.

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The article presents a study of particular features of the essential microelements content in the hair, blood, bile and gallstones in infants with cholelithiasis. It was shown that this disease is accompanied by a lack of microelements, which appears as a lack of selenium, imbalance of zinc and accumulation of iron and copper in biological objects. In conjunction with other factors (vegetative dysfunction, comorbidities of the gastrointestinal tract and maldevelopment of the bile-excreting tract), the lack of microelements can promote the formation of gallstones in infants.

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This revue discusses data concerning essential trace element zinc (Zn) dietary consumption levels in Russian Federation and some foreign countries. There are discussed biochemical criteria of Zn security in humans. It's concluded that zinc insufficiency is widely distributed among adult and children population in many districts of Russia.

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The provision of children from Baikal Lake areas with selenium was studied in relation to the geochemical area, the man-made pollution of an area, sex, age, and the presence of a disease has been studied. The content of selenium in the hairs of the children living in the areas extensively exposed to pollution is show to be lower than in those from ecologically pure areas. The correlation of selenium with other elements in the children's hair depends on the level of these elements.

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In 36 children of 3-8 years old with minimal cerebral dysfunction there were evaluated both concentrations of malonic dialdehyde in blood plasma, erythrocytes and platelets as well as the content of 25 elements (K, Mg, Ca, Na, P, Se, Zn, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Si, Li, Ni, V, Pb, Sn, Cd, Al, As, Be, Bi, Ti) in hairs. These indices were estimated both before and after course of cerebrolysin therapy (the a dose 2-5 ml intramuscularly during 1 month). There was observed positive influence of the drug on the clinical manifestations of the disease, oxidant and elements homeostasis.

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In experiments with intragastric administration of sodium arsenite to pregnant CBA mice at the dose of 10 and 20 mg/kg during 15 days of gestation (groups 1 and 3), during 15 days before pregnancy and 15 days of gestation (10 mg/kg, group 2) morphological and functional state of the thymus in mothers and newborns was studied. Besides that the content of some trace elements (As, Se, Fe, Mn, Mo, Zn, Cu) in the liver and skin of pregnant mice and total body of newborns was estimated. It was established, that the most pronounced structural changes were seen in the thymus of pregnant mice and newborns of group 2 and 3, which received total dose of sodium arsenite 300 mg/kg ("critical" dose).

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It was revealed that an involuntary rats' intoxication with 10% ethanol solution during 8 months caused a reduction of zinc content in the brain. A subcutaneous depot administration of highly dispersed zinc powder in a dose of 5 mg/kg reduced ethanol consumption under conditions of free choice for two weeks. This effect of the preparation was associated with normalization of zinc content and increase of a malondialdehyde level in the brain.

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Chronic alcoholic intoxication was found to result in changes in trace elemental structure of human hair and mongrel white rat hair. Reliable increase of iron, zinc, copper and manganese in hair of alcoholic patients and tendency to increase iron content in rat hair were detected.

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It was shown that zinc sulphate injection during the acute alcohol intoxication resulted in the decrease of anaesthetic and toxic effects of ethanol. The most effective dose was 15 mkg/kg i.p.

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Plasma spectrometric studies have revealed increased levels of Ca, P, and Na in the hair of alcoholics. K content decreases after a prolonged alcohol abuse, Mg level remains virtually unchanged in all the cases.

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The experiments carried out on albino male rats have shown a decreased zinc content in the brain of active animals selected under conditions of forced swimming test, as compared to passive animals. 10-day intraperitoneal injection of biotic zinc sulfate dose (50 micrograms/kg) resulted in the prevention of alcohol motivation in active animals. There was no such effect in passive animals.

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Late sequelae of chronic alcoholic intoxication were studied in the 3rd generation of animals. The peculiarities of trace element and macronutrient balance and the offspring blood serum tissue-specific cytotoxic activity against brain, testes, thymus, are discussed in their relation to the nature of chronic alcoholic intoxication of the 1st generation on paternal, maternal and both sides. Characteristic features are shown for the indices under study in the offspring, including the chronic alcoholic intoxication in males of the 1st generation.

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