title: A preliminary study of the effect of ingestion of gold on blood chemistry.
abstract: Ten milligram of pure gold foil was given by mouth for 16 days. Routine blood chemistry was done before and after gold therapy and repeated after 3 weeks of cessation of therapy. All the blood values were well within normal range and variations, except the enzymes-creatine phosphokinase and lactate dehydrogenase, which decreased substantially on gold foil ingestion indicating possible inhibition of these blood enzymatic activity by gold.
authors.affiliation: SGT Medical College, Budhera, Gurgaon, Haryana India.
authors.forename: Dinesh C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Blood chemistry; CPK; Gold foil; LDH