Abstract
To develop further our understanding of initial dietary copper metabolism, a method has been developed to separate plasma copper that is bound to albumin, from that bound to ceruloplasmin. This method has been tested using plasma samples from a pilot study involving six human volunteers who consumed 3 mg oral doses of the stable isotope Cu-65 and gave blood samples at timed intervals up to 7 days. The results suggest that this method can be used to monitor dynamic fluctuations in newly absorbed copper over a short time frame. (C) 2007 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 138-140 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- exchangeable copper
- copper metabolism
- dialysis-chelex
- isotope ratio
- ICP-MS
- absorption