title: Spectroscopic and electrochemical investigations of some calcification phenomena in ophthalmology and pulmology.
abstract: The application of the cyclic voltammetry and UV-VIS as well as IR spectroscopy in the analysis of some calcification phenomena which occurred in human body have shown useful and interesting results. Sometimes the defense process of the human organism in the presence of foreign particles in the injured part of the body is the isolation of these particles with the calcification processes. The calcified worm surgically extracted from the human eye fifty years after its penetration has been analyzed, and the history of its penetration and behavior in the human eye is better understood with cyclic voltammetry and IR spectroscopy. The similar effects were observed in the analysis of calcified foreign body which was found in the human bronchus. The results of the analysis contributed to the little believed possibility that complete biological death of all cells could not occur inside the calcification even after many years of their presence in the human body. Further work is needed for the complete understanding of the observed phenomena. The UV-VIS, IR spectroscopic and cyclic voltammetry investigations are another contribution to the application of chemistry in medicine to mutual benefit.
authors.affiliation: ICTM-lnstitute of Electrochemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avramov-Ivitsh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shtrbac
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zdravkovitsh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vukovitsh
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mioch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andritsh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006376:Helminths; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications