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[Essential elements (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Se, As) in the liver and lungs with alimentary obesity in the experiment]
Abstract:
The purpose - to establish the role of lungs in the metabolic processes in normal and alimentary obesity. The method of X-ray fluorescence analysis using synchrotron radiation, the determination of concentrations Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Se, As in the tissue of the lungs and liver in 19 control rats and 19 rats with alimentary obesity. On the basis of many strengths and very strong positive correlation between the content of chemical elements shows that in the control rats, fasting metabolism in the lung more intense than the liver, which in case of obesity is significantly reduced. After receiving the lard in the lungs decreases the number of correlations between the concentrations of microelements in the control animals. Obesity changing their character, indicating a switch of metabolism in connection with the utilization of triglycerides in the body of the control rats, and a malfunction of this process in obesity.
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