Determination of manganese in brain samples by slurry sampling graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry |
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Authors: | Marcó P Lué M Hernández Caraballo Edwin A Pascusso Carmine Alvarado José |
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Institution: | Laboratorio de Espectroscopía Atómica, Departamento de Química, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela. luemerumarco@cantv.net |
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Abstract: | A simple procedure for the determination of manganese in different sections of human brain samples by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry has been developed. Brain sections included cerebellum, hypothalamus, frontal cortex, vermix and encephalic trunk. Two sample preparation procedures were evaluated, namely, slurry sampling and microwave-assisted acid digestion. Brain slurries (2% w/v) could be prepared in distilled, de-ionized water, with good stability for up to 30 min. Brain samples were also digested in a domestic microwave oven using 5 ml of concentrated HNO3. A mixed palladium+magnesium nitrate chemical modifier was used for thermal stabilization of the analyte in the electrothermal atomizer up to pyrolysis temperatures of 1300 °C, irrespective of the matrix. Quantitation of manganese was conducted in both cases by means of aqueous standards calibration. The detection limits were 0.3 and 0.4 ng ml−1 for the slurry and the digested samples, respectively. The accuracy of the procedure was checked by comparing the results obtained in the analysis of slurries and digested brain samples, and by analysis of the NIST Bovine Liver standard reference material (SRM 1577a). The ease of slurry preparation, together with the conventional set of analytical and instrumental conditions selected for the determination of manganese make such methodology suitable for routine clinical applications. |
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Keywords: | Cadmium Slurry Brain Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry |
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