Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to V Papadopol.
Starting from the importance of the trace elements in basic biochemical mechanisms from the human organism, the present role of trace elements therapy, as part of allopathic therapy, is discussed. The ideal properties of trace elements, the therapeutic concepts regarding trace elements, the main pharmaceutical forms that contain them, and their most important uses are presented.
The variation of the levels of serum zinc and copper was determined comparing with the variation of the lipidic indicators in a group of 169 adults from the general population. The subjects were divided by age and sex. Serum zinc declined with ageing, while serum copper increased. The lipidic indicators varied in direct correlation with serum copper and in indirect correlation with serum zinc excepting two cases: HDL-cholesterol values decreased in man 60 years older, and triglycerides values decreased lightly in men 41-60 years old.