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http://muscat.gdb.org/bio/con/medl/medl-ret/MEDL/medl5/49777696/497798
04/data12/db/medl/1994/Q19293.1.data/seed=silver+silver+silver+silver
Abstract
The interaction of selenium with elements of group 1b of the
periodic system, i.e. copper, silver, and gold was studied.
Electron probe microanalysis was used to detect elements in
intracellular organelles. Administration of copper, silver, or gold
salts (the latter being used in chrysotherapy) showed that these
elements were concentrated in the lysosomes of the liver or kidney
in the presence of sulfur. Silver salts were also precipitated in
glomerular basement membranes. The action of selenium enhances this
intralysosomal process of concentration and precipitation. Sulfur
and selenium are detected in the lysosome and this makes
identification of the precipitate difficult. The action of
selenium, which consists in removing toxic elements from the
systemic circulation and concentrating them in the lysosomes, is in
most cases beneficial for the organism. This mechanism, which has
already been studied for arsenic, is extended in this study to
other elements.
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN: 0022-4782
Language: Eng
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF SUBMICROSCOPIC CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
