1. Hair Zinc: an Index for Zinc Status in Under-Five Children from Low-Income Communities in Kanam Area of North-Central Nigeria

   • Kiri H. Jaryum
   • Zebulon Sunday C. Okoye
   • Barbara Stoecker

   OriginalPaper 28 August 2017 Pages: 183 - 191

   

2. Chromium Supplementation Reduces Resting Heart Rate in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome and Impaired Glucose Tolerance

   • Barbora Nussbaumerova
   • Hana Rosolova
   • Christian Sindberg

   OriginalPaper 30 August 2017 Pages: 192 - 199

   

3. Umbilical Serum Copper Status and Neonatal Birth Outcomes: a Prospective Cohort Study

   • Zhijuan Li
   • Chunmei Liang
   • Fangbiao Tao

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2017 Pages: 200 - 208

   

4. Interaction of Lead with Calcium, Iron, and Zinc in the Biological Samples of Malnourished Children

   • Sehrish Talpur
   • Hassan I. Afridi
   • Farah Naz Talpur

   OriginalPaper 31 August 2017 Pages: 209 - 217

   

5. The Effects of Selenium Supplementation on Gene Expression Related to Insulin and Lipid in Infertile Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women Candidate for In Vitro Fertilization: a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

   • Shahrzad Zadeh Modarres
   • Zahra Heidar
   • Zatollah Asemi

   OriginalPaper 05 September 2017 Pages: 218 - 225

   

6. The Study on the Correlation Between Six Kinds of Mineral Elements and Diabetes

   • Zhuo Li
   • Changcong Wang
   • Bo Li

   OriginalPaper 07 September 2017 Pages: 226 - 232

7. Nutrients Other than Selenium Are Important for Promoting Children’s Health in Kashin-Beck Disease Areas

   • Yujie Ning
   • Xi Wang
   • Mikko Lammi

   OriginalPaper 18 September 2017 Pages: 233 - 244

   

8. Manganese-Induced Neurotoxicity and Alterations in Gene Expression in Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells

   • Deepa Gandhi
   • Saravanadevi Sivanesan
   • Krishnamurthi Kannan

   OriginalPaper 15 September 2017 Pages: 245 - 253

   

9. Supplemented Organic and Inorganic Selenium Affects Milk Performance and Selenium Concentration in Milk and Tissues in the Guanzhong Dairy Goat

   • L. Zhang
   • X. R. Liu
   • Y. X. Song

   OriginalPaper 16 August 2017 Pages: 254 - 260

10. Size-Dependent Neurotoxicity of Aluminum Oxide Particles: a Comparison Between Nano- and Micrometer Size on the Basis of Mitochondrial Oxidative Damage

    • Atefeh Mirshafa
    • Mehdi Nazari
    • Fatemeh Shaki

    OriginalPaper 30 August 2017 Pages: 261 - 269

    

11. Organic Gallium Treatment Improves Osteoporotic Fracture Healing Through Affecting the OPG/RANKL Ratio and Expression of Serum Inflammatory Cytokines in Ovariectomized Rats

    • Jiashi Wang
    • Ming He
    • Qin Fu

    OriginalPaper 24 August 2017 Pages: 270 - 279

    

12. Gold and Female Reproductive Organs: an Ultrastructural Study

    • Nedra Badri
    • Maroua Mhamdi
    • Leila Tekaya

    OriginalPaper 24 August 2017 Pages: 280 - 287

    

13. Synergistic Effects of Genistein and Zinc on Bone Metabolism and the Femoral Metaphyseal Histomorphology in the Ovariectomized Rats

    • Shanshan QI

    OriginalPaper 25 August 2017 Pages: 288 - 295

    

14. Aluminum Chloride Causes the Dysfunction of Testes Through Inhibiting the ATPase Enzyme Activities and Gonadotropin Receptor Expression in Rats

    • Xudong Sun
    • Hao Sun
    • Yanfei Li

    OriginalPaper 30 August 2017 Pages: 296 - 304

    

15. Effects of Arsenic Compounds on Microminerals Content and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Rat Liver

    • Ana Cláudia Ferreira Souza
    • Sarah Cozzer Marchesi
    • Mariana Machado-Neves

    OriginalPaper 06 September 2017 Pages: 305 - 313

    

16. How Bad Is Aluminum Exposure to Reproductive Parameters in Rats?

    • Viviane G. S. Mouro
    • Tatiana P. Menezes
    • Mariana Machado-Neves

    OriginalPaper 08 September 2017 Pages: 314 - 324

    

17. Preliminary Studies of Acute Cadmium Administration Effects on the Calcium-Activated Potassium (SKCa and BKCa) Channels and Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase Activity in Isolated Aortic Rings of Rats

    • Dalton V. Vassallo
    • Camila C. P. Almenara
    • Alessandra S. Padilha

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2017 Pages: 325 - 334

    

18. Effects of Fluoride and/or Sulfur Dioxide on Morphology and DNA Integrity in Rats’ Hepatic Tissue

    • Chen Liang
    • Yan Gao
    • Jundong Wang

    OriginalPaper 14 September 2017 Pages: 335 - 341

    

19. [Cr₃O(O₂CCH₂CH₃)₆(H₂O)₃]NO₃·H₂O (Cr3) Toxicity Potential in Bacterial and Mammalian Cells

    • Lu Jiang
    • John B. Vincent
    • Melissa M. Bailey

    Original Paper 07 September 2017 Pages: 342 - 350

    

20. Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Growth Performance, Intestinal Development, and Intestinal Barrier-Related Gene Expression in Pekin Ducks

    • Min Wen
    • Hua Zhao
    • Gang Jia

    OriginalPaper 11 September 2017 Pages: 351 - 360

    

21. Inflammatory Response Occurs in Veins of Broiler Chickens Treated with a Selenium Deficiency Diet

    • Changyu Cao
    • Ruifeng Fan
    • Shiwen Xu

    OriginalPaper 04 September 2017 Pages: 361 - 369

    

22. Protective Effects of Dietary Garlic Powder Against Cadmium-induced Toxicity in Sea Bass Liver: a Chemical, Biochemical, and Transcriptomic Approach

    • Amin Mosbah
    • Hamadi Guerbej
    • Mohamed Banni

    OriginalPaper 02 September 2017 Pages: 370 - 378

    

23. Comparison of the Trace Elements and Active Components of Lonicera japonica flos and Lonicera flos Using ICP-MS and HPLC-PDA

    • Yueran Zhao
    • Deqiang Dou
    • Dong Jia

    OriginalPaper 01 September 2017 Pages: 379 - 388

    

24. Copper, Manganese, Zinc, and Cadmium in Tea Leaves of Different Types and Origin

    • W. Podwika
    • K. Kleszcz
    • P. Zagrodzki

    OriginalPaper Open access 02 September 2017 Pages: 389 - 395

25. A Spectroscopic Study of Interaction of Auricyanide with n-Acetylcysteine

    • Syed G. T. Kazimi
    • Mohammad S. Iqbal
    • C. Frank Shaw III

    OriginalPaper 14 September 2017 Pages: 396 - 401