Abstract
Cataract is a very common disease of the eye lens known since ancient times. Different mechanisms are responsible for the biogenesis of cataract but most scientists agree with the theory that cataract formation can be attributed to metabolism disorders in the lens. Instrumental neutron activation analysis has been applied in this work for the determination of the following trace elements: antimony, cobalt, iron, rubidium, selenium and zinc in human lenses with mature cataract. The results are statistically treated and correlated with age and sex of patients. Based on these findings, the concentration of elements studied does not have any correlation with the age and/or sex of the patients, i.e. when the lens becomes totally opaque.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
References
E. L. LAKOMAA, P. EKLUND, Proc. Intern. Symp. on Nuclear Activation Techniques in the Life Sciences, Vienna, 22–26 May 1978, Sum 227/1.
G. THEODOSSIADIS, T. KOURIS, C. PAPADOPOULOU, Ophthalmic Res., 14 (1982) 436.
A. A. SWANSON, A. W. TRUESDALE, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 45 (1971) 1488.
T. MURATA, Y. TAURA, Opthalm. Res., 7 (1975) 8.
M. ÖRDÖGH, P. RÁCZ, J. Radioanal. Chem., 37 (1977) 451.
G. THEODOSSIADIS, T. KOURIS, E. BAIRAKTARI-KOURI, Acta Opthalmologica 60 (1982) 788.
W. BOCK-WERTHMANN, G. PAPAKOSTIDIS, A. P. GRIMANIS, J. PETROU, D. GEORGIOU, M. VASSILAKI-GRIMANI, Demo Report 74/15, Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Athens, Greece 1974.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Kouris, T., Papadopoulou, C., Kanias, G.D. et al. Study of the trace element content in human cataractous lenses by instrumental neutron activation analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 130, 121–128 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037706
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037706