Computer treatment of the contents of some elements in the normal and pathologically altered human colon mucosa tissues obtained by INAA

Distributions of some elements (Cr, Fe, Co, Sb, Sc and Zn) in normal and pathologically altered human colon mucosa tissues have been investigated by INAA. The following tissues were analyzed: normal colon mucosa, colitis chronica, colitis ulcerosa, adenoma tubulare and adenocarcinoma (Diagnoses were previously confirmed clinically and histopathologically).The values of contents of elements in these tissues (C_x in nkg/g) are treated by specific computer funcional programs. The following was found: regression functions of these parameters for the altered tissues in comparison to the normal, and specific functional correlations of the C_x/C_y relations for pairs of investigated elements. We have also determined the functions which characterize these relations for the investigated colon mucosa tissues.Paper presented at the Third Meeting of Nuclear Analytical Procedures, Dresden (GDR), April 11–15, 1983.