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

• Main Authors: Federico Menetti, Setsuko Tohno, Yoshiyuki Tohno, Cho Azuma, Yumi Moriwake, Hiroyasu Satoh, Takeshi Minami, Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh, Takao Oishi, Motoharu Hayashi
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=24044489597&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62091
• 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)....