Review article
Some factors influencing the metabolism of calcium and strontium
Nevenka Gruden
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb
Abstract
In the first section the structure of the bone is shortly described with special regard to calcium and phosphorus as its most important inorganic constituents. The paper .is mainly devoted to the reviewing of the literature on the comparative metabolism of calcium and strontium. The behaviour of calcium and strontium is analyzed from their entry into the organism by way of the gastrointestinal tract, in tissue fluids, placenta, mammary glands and kidneys. The literature quoted shows that in all membranes in which the two ions come into contact the organism· makes discrimination against strontium. Data on the effect of some nutritional factors, vitamin D and parathormone on calcium and strontium metabolism are reviewed. The last section deals with reduced Sr-discriminating ability of the young organism.
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Hrčak ID:
178770
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Publication date:
17.6.1966.
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