Age-dependent decreases of calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, and zinc in the cardiac valves of monkeys

• Main Authors: Menetti F., Tohno S., Tohno Y., Azuma C., Moriwake Y., Satoh H., Minami T., Mahakkanukrauh P., Oishi T., Hayashi M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-24044489597&partnerID=40&md5=4c6431e04e526db1c3a90f94f6fb8b84; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1857
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

To elucidate compositional changes of the cardiac valves in monkey with aging, the authors investigated age-related changes of elements in the four cardiac valves of rhesus and Japanese monkeys and the relationships among elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES)....