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Determination of scalp hair selenium concentrations in Algerian psoriatic individuals using k0-standardization based on neutron activation analysis method

  • Ammar Mansouri , Lylia Hamidatou Alghem ORCID logo , Oum El-Kheir Mokhtari and Mohammed El-Amine Benamar EMAIL logo
From the journal Radiochimica Acta

Abstract

Psoriasis is a dermatological disease that affects 2–3% of the Algerian population. Selenium has a positive impact on psoriasis. Selenium plays an important role in protecting free radical damage as a component of the glutathione peroxidase enzyme. The objective of this investigation was to assess the status of selenium in the hair of Algerian patients suffering from psoriasis. Fifty-eight scalp hair samples were collected from Algerian patients with psoriasis, classified by gender and four age groups: 36 females and 22 males, aged between 9 and 79 years. Thirty healthy subjects aged 9–74 years were also surveyed for control purposes. Selenium content was measured for all scalp hair samples using the k0-standardization of neutron activation analysis. The average selenium concentration for controls and patients were 0.39 ± 0.18 and 0.28 ± 0.13 μg/g respectively. Selenium concentration for female and male controls and patients, were 0.35 ± 0.17, 0.47 ± 0.19, 0.28 ± 0.14, and 0.28 ± 0.11 μg/g, respectively. There is a significant difference (p < 0.05) between selenium level in patients and in controls. Selenium concentrations in psoriatics’ scalp hair can be affected by both gender and age. Measured selenium contents have been approved by the quality assurance and quality control procedure (QA/QC).


Corresponding author: Mohammed El-Amine Benamar, University Centre Amine El-Okkal El-Hadj Moussa Eg Akhamouk, P.O. Box 10034 Sersouf, Tamanghasset 11000, Algeria, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Nuclear Research Centre of Algiers in the framework of an undergoing internal project PR/CRNA/2011, as well as by the neutron activation analysis laboratories in CRND and CRNB. The technical support of Prof. B. Bouadjar and Dr. R. Sahel, from the Dermatology Department of Bab El-Oued University Hospital (Algiers) is gratefully acknowledged. The technical assistance of L. Omari, H. Slamene and B. Zouranen is appreciated. The authors are also indebted to their colleague Mr. Adnane S. Moulla for his contribution in the language editing part of this manuscript. Sincere thanks are also due to the editor and to the anonymous reviewers for their beneficial comments that allowed the improvement of the paper.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

  4. Consent: All authors declare that written informed consent was obtained from the patient and the normal subject for publication of this case report.

  5. Ethical approval: All authors hereby declare that all experiments have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.

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Received: 2020-08-14
Accepted: 2021-04-12
Published Online: 2021-05-04
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