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Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review
Copper (Cu) is a transition metal and an essential micronutrient for organisms, but also one of the most widespread toxic inorganic contaminants at very high content. The research on Cu isotopes has grown rapidly in the last decade. Hitherto, a large number of studies have been published on the theo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5451988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28524094 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050538 |
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author | Wang, Zhuhong Chen, Jiubin Zhang, Ting |
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description | Copper (Cu) is a transition metal and an essential micronutrient for organisms, but also one of the most widespread toxic inorganic contaminants at very high content. The research on Cu isotopes has grown rapidly in the last decade. Hitherto, a large number of studies have been published on the theoretical fractionation mechanisms, experimental data and natural variations of Cu isotopes in variable environments and ecosystems. These studies reported a large variation of δ(65)Cu (−16.49 to +20.04‰) in terrestrial samples and showed that Cu isotopes could be fractionated by various biogeochemical processes to different extent. Several papers have previously reviewed the coupling of Cu and Zn isotope systematics, and we give here a tentative review of the recent publications only on Cu isotopesin variable surface repositories, animals and human beings, with a goal to attract much attention to research on Cu (and other metals) behaviors in the environment and biological systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-54519882017-06-05 Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review Wang, Zhuhong Chen, Jiubin Zhang, Ting Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Copper (Cu) is a transition metal and an essential micronutrient for organisms, but also one of the most widespread toxic inorganic contaminants at very high content. The research on Cu isotopes has grown rapidly in the last decade. Hitherto, a large number of studies have been published on the theoretical fractionation mechanisms, experimental data and natural variations of Cu isotopes in variable environments and ecosystems. These studies reported a large variation of δ(65)Cu (−16.49 to +20.04‰) in terrestrial samples and showed that Cu isotopes could be fractionated by various biogeochemical processes to different extent. Several papers have previously reviewed the coupling of Cu and Zn isotope systematics, and we give here a tentative review of the recent publications only on Cu isotopesin variable surface repositories, animals and human beings, with a goal to attract much attention to research on Cu (and other metals) behaviors in the environment and biological systems. MDPI 2017-05-18 2017-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5451988/ /pubmed/28524094 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050538 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Wang, Zhuhong Chen, Jiubin Zhang, Ting Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review |
title | Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review |
title_full | Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review |
title_fullStr | Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review |
title_short | Cu Isotopic Composition in Surface Environments and in Biological Systems: A Critical Review |
title_sort | cu isotopic composition in surface environments and in biological systems: a critical review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5451988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28524094 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050538 |
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