Estimation of Plasma Levels of Zinc, Copper and Selenium in Yemeni Qat Chewer women | ||||
| Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences | ||||
| Article 17, Volume 32, Issue 2, December 2012, Page 245-254 PDF (175.48 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/besps.2012.35908 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ekram Al-Eryani* ; Munira Dughish; Molham Al-Habori | ||||
| Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Sana'a, Yemen | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| As no previous study has evaluated zinc, copper, and selenium in Yemeni women chewing qat, the purpose of this study was to estimate the effects of chewing qat on their plasma levels of zinc, copper, and selenium. A total of forty seven healthy, adult, Yemeni women , were selected and grouped in to 24 healthy Yemeni regularly chewing qat, and 23 healthy women non-chewing qat. Plasma samples were collected from two groups for zinc, copper, and selenium analysis by atomic absorption. The plasma levels (mean ± SD) of zinc, copper, and selenium in Yemeni women chewing qat were 40 ± 610.6 μg/dl, 70±34.6μg/dl, 50±15.2 μg/dl respectively and the mean ± SD of zinc, copper, and selenium in Yemeni women non-chewing qat were 60 ± 14.2μg/dl, 40±12.7 μg/dl, and 140±40.6μg/dl. These results, high content of copper and low level of zinc and selenium among women chewing qat can be attributed to the antagonistic effect of qat content as (Cathinone, Copper, Vitamin C, and tannin. So deficiency of zinc and selenium among women chewing qat may increase the risk of disease. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Cath edulis; Qat; zinc; copper; selenium; Yemen | ||||
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