Muzzarelli R A, Rocchetti R
Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, 60100 Ancona, Italy.
Talanta. 1975 Aug;22(8):683-5. doi: 10.1016/0039-9140(75)80010-5.
A new and rapid method is described for the determination of Mn, Co and Cu by atomic absorption with a graphite atomizer and deuterium compensation, on very small samples of whole blood and serum, with no preliminary manipulations. The metal concentrations in blood serum from healthy donors have been found to be Mn 9 +/- 4.3 ng ml ; Co 7.7 +/- 1.9 ng ml and Cu 1.2 +/- 0.16 mug ml .