title: Determination of aluminum by chemical and instrumental neutron activation analysis in biological standard reference material and human brain tissue.
abstract: Since aluminum is an extremely difficult element to determine reliably in biological samples, no National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) biological standard reference material for tissue has yet been certified for aluminum. A chemical neutron activation analysis procedure employing anion-exchange chromatography was developed. The procedure proved successful in decontaminating radioactivatable sodium and chlorine and phosphorus which can produce aluminum via a fast neutron bombardment. For bovine liver (NIST SRM 1577 a) a value of 2.1 +/- 0.2 micrograms of aluminum/g of sample was determined, comparing favorably to the uncertified value 2 micrograms/g sample. For freeze-dried urine (NIST SRM 2670) a value of 0.18 +/- 0.01 micrograms of aluminum/mL of urine was observed. Its uncertified value is 0.18 micrograms of aluminum/mL of sample. Twenty three individual samples in three different human brains were analyzed for their aluminum content.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68105.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blotcky
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Claassen
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Rack
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badakhsh
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D000535:Aluminum