Blood and Tissue Selenium Determination by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

A Pechová,J Illek,L Pavlata

doi:10.2754/avb200574040483

Abstract

Pechova A., L. Pavlata, J. Illek: Blood and Tissue Selenium Determination by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Acta Vet. Brno 2005, 74: 483-490. The aim of the study was to optimize the method of blood and tissue selenium determination in ruminants, and to implement it in research and diagnostic practice. A method was developed for selenium determination by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry (HG-AAS) in full blood, blood plasma and serum, the liver, skeletal muscle tissue, the myocardium, and the kidneys after wet mineralization of samples in a closed nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide system and subsequent hydrogen chloride reduction. Hydride generation was performed by 1% sodium borohydride. The resulting selenium hydride was drawn off under inert atmosphere into a flameheated quartz T-tube to atomize; absorbance at 196 nm wavelength was measured by an optic system with deuterium lamp background correction. The measurements were verified by using diverse types of reference materials with declared selenium concentration and by a method of yield measurement of calibration solution addition in mineralized samples. The results corresponded with the stated values at the 95% probability level for all reference materials used. This methodology is acceptable as to both the detection limit (0.762 µg·l-1) and the error of measurement (4.6-15%) required for authorized use in research as well as clinical and preventive livestock medicine. The practical potential of the method was documented in a group of calves supplemented with two different forms of selenium. AAS, liver, muscle, myocardium, microwave mineralization

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IntroductionIllek : Blood and Tissue Selenium Determination by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
A method was developed for selenium determination by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry (HG-AAS) in full blood, blood plasma and serum, the liver, skeletal muscle tissue, the myocardium, and the kidneys after wet mineralization of samples in a closed nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide system and subsequent hydrogen chloride reduction
Selenium determination was performed in three basic steps: mineralization of samples, reduction of selenium contained in the mineralized sample, and the hydride technique measurement proper

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Introduction

Illek : Blood and Tissue Selenium Determination by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. The aim of the study was to optimize the method of blood and tissue selenium determination in ruminants, and to implement it in research and diagnostic practice. A method was developed for selenium determination by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry (HG-AAS) in full blood, blood plasma and serum, the liver, skeletal muscle tissue, the myocardium, and the kidneys after wet mineralization of samples in a closed nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide system and subsequent hydrogen chloride reduction. The results corresponded with the stated values at the 95% probability level for all reference materials used This methodology is acceptable as to both the detection limit (0.762 μg·l-1) and the error of measurement (4.6-15%) required for authorized use in research as well as clinical and preventive livestock medicine. The most frequently used ones are: fluorometry (Rodriguez et al 1994; Kuricová et al 2003), atomic absorption spectrophotometry (Doãekalová et al 1991; Milde et al 2002), and hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry

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