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NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN SKIN
Author(s) -
MOLOKHIA MOHAMED,
PORT BENJAMIN
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1969.tb16208.x
Subject(s) - dermis , epidermis (zoology) , manganese , neutron activation analysis , trace (psycholinguistics) , trace metal , neutron activation , chemistry , radiochemistry , metal , neutron , biology , anatomy , physics , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY.— Manganese levels in normal epidermis and dermis from 34 cadavers were estimated by neutron activation analysis. The mean concentration of manganese in the epidermis was 4 times higher than that in the dermis. An important biological role of manganese in skin is suggested by the remarkably narrow range of concentration of that trace metal in the analysed samples.