Study of blood and pubic hair mineralograms of alcoholic people

Abstract

The quantification of minerals present in the blood and pubic hair of alcoholic people is of paramount importance, since the excessive consumption of liquor over several years can cause an imbalance of minerals. In this sense, the present study sought to compare the mineralograms of pubic hair and blood of alcoholic and non-alcoholic persons. After making the opening of the samples, the concentrations of minerals were obtained by Atomic Emission Spectroscopy with Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP-MS). Statistical analysis was performed in 5.0 BioEstat. Statistical differences were considered at p ≤ 0.05. The results show that there was a significant increase in concentrations of iron, manganese and copper in the pubic hair of alcoholics compared to the control group. The average concentration in mg L-1 Fe, Mn and Cu found in the pubic hair of group A were respectively: 83.8 (p = 0.029); 2.894 (p = 0.021) and 9.6 (p = 0.0144). These data show that ingestion of liquor contaminated with copper and the metabolism of alcohol itself are compromising the balance of minerals in the body of those patients and may lead to premature aging.

Keywords: Rum, alcohol, hair analysis, biological materials.