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Elemental analysis of nail clippings retrieved from farmers using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Analytical Science and Technology / Analytical Science and Technology, (P)1225-0163; (E)2288-8985
2025, v.38 no.1, pp.16-22
https://doi.org/10.5806/AST.2025.38.1.16
(Department of Physics, College of Science, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia)
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Sudan University of Science & Technology, Sudan)
(UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences & Nanotechnology Laboratories, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa / iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Materials Research Department)
(Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape / Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology)
(Center for Scientific Research and Entrepreneurship, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia)
(iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Materials Research Department)
(The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (UNESCO))
(3 UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences & Nanotechnology Laboratories, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa / iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Materials Research Department)
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Sudan University of Science & Technology, Sudan)
(UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences & Nanotechnology Laboratories, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa / iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Materials Research Department)
(Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape / Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology)
(Center for Scientific Research and Entrepreneurship, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia)
(iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Materials Research Department)
(The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (UNESCO))
(3 UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences & Nanotechnology Laboratories, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa / iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Materials Research Department)
Mohamed,
E.
M.
E.
, M.,
D.
M.
A.
, Karen,
J.
C.
, J.,
A.
M.
, Zakariya,
M.
S.
M.
, C.,
B.
M.
, C.,
T.
, &
Malik,
M.
(2025). Elemental analysis of nail clippings retrieved from farmers using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. , 38(1), 16-22, https://doi.org/10.5806/AST.2025.38.1.16
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Abstract
Nails are considered suitable biological materials for diagnosing diseases and biomonitoring for human exposure to metals by measuring trace elements levels. Human fingernail samples were collected from volunteers from the Gezira region, Sudan, samples were measured and studied for their elemental content using the Xray fluorescence (XRF) method, and the data was analysed by PyMca software and SPSS statistical analysis. The data analysis revealed very high concentrations of toxic elements such as Zn, Ni, Pb, Cd, Sr, As, and Se. A comparison was made with published data from different populations. The goal of the current investigation was to evaluate the levels and patterns of trace and toxic elements in the fingernails. Differences and variations in concentrations for the samples were investigated and discussed.
- keywords
- XRF, nail clippings, trace elements levels, toxic metals
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