Chromium, copper and zinc in the serum and urine in diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted on the trace elements [chromium, copper and zinc] in the serum and urine in diabetes mellitus and compare its value, with that of normal controls. Twenty diabetic patients were subjected to blood samples taking after an overnight fast from an anti-cubital vein using stainless steel needles and acid cleaned, sterilized glass syringes; then estimation of serum zinc and copper is done by using Beckman atomic absorption accessory model 1300 with Di-2 spectrophotometer. Chromium excretion is almost exclusively via the urine 50. By this means any metabolic abnormalities could be detected