title: Neutron activation analysis of biological samples at the radiochemistry division of IPEN-CNEN/SP.
abstract: Neutron activation analysis is a very useful method for determination of a great number of elements in biological samples. At the Radiochemistry Division of the IPEN-CNEN/SP, this method is being extensively applied to study several materials, such as extracts from medicinal plants, human hair, snake venoms, human lungs, food-stuffs, and corn samples. Both instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA) are used to analyze real samples, as well as biological standard reference materials to evaluate the accuracy and precision of the results.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP Radiochemistry Division, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saiki
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Vasconcellos
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Maihara
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Armelin
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Fávaro
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Rogero
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D012015:Reference Standards; D012910:Snake Venoms / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012910:Snake Venoms