Aluminium in human sweat.
It is of burgeoning importance that the human body burden of aluminium is understood and is measured. There are surprisingly few data to describe human excretion of systemic aluminium and almost no reliable data which relate to aluminium in sweat. We have measured the aluminium content of sweat in 20 healthy volunteers following mild exercise. The concentration of aluminium ranged from 329 to 5329μg/L. These data equate to a daily excretion of between 234 and 7192μg aluminium and they strongly suggest that perspiration is the major route of excretion of systemic aluminium in humans.
Life Sciences, The Huxley Building, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Clare
C
Minshall
Life Sciences, The Huxley Building, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Jodie
J
Nadal
The Birchall Centre, Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Electronic address: c.exley@keele.ac.uk.
Christopher
C
Exley
D000328:Adult; D000535:Aluminum / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013542:Sweat / Q000737:chemistry*; D055815:Young Adult
D000535:Aluminum
Aluminium; Body burden; Excretion; Human sweat