إستخدام تقنية النظائر المستقرة في قياس حالات نقص فيتامين A

Abstract EN

Vitamin A plays an important role in strengthening the eyesight and good performance of growth and to maintain the immune system in our bodies.

There is several methods to measure vitamin A deficiency.

The first method is called the concentration of Retinol serum, used to determine the response to treatment given to people with symptoms clinical.

The second method is known as the way to respond relative to the dose adjusted depending on the patient's oral small dose of Retinol.

Despite the importance of the second method but it does not give accurate accounts of the total amount of vitamin A in the body.

Scientists investigated stable isotope technique to calculate the total amount of vitamin A in the general body, which depends upon giving an oral dose of stable isotope and after enough time to allow mixing of stable isotope with vitamin A in the body , withdrawn blood sample is measured in serum.