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A rapid method for the quantification of C, N and O in biomedical samples by proton-induced gamma-ray emission
1Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Abstract:
A new fast, accurate and simple quantification method for C, N and O in biomedical samples by external-beam proton-induced gamma-ray emission analysis is presented. Concentration values for C, N and O in commercial standards of NBS bovine liver 1577a, IAEA animal muscle H-4 and IAEA horse kidney H-8 were determined using the new method. The concentrations of C, N, O, Na, Mg and P were determined from placental samples of 13 alcoholic mothers and from 16 abstinent controls. The values obtained for C, N, O, Mg and P were the first values ever obtained for human placentas.

