Is chromium an essential or a toxic element?

Chromium holds a frequent and important place in toxicological literature. The large number of more or less important toxicological facts (e.g. allergic dermatoses, ulcer, perforations of the nasal septum, bronchitis, cancerogenity etc.) are the reason why chromium is conceived rather as a toxic element. On the other hand in the non-toxicological literature favourable actions of chromium are described (its relationship to carbohydrate utilization, the glucose tolerance factor, diabetes etc.) which may induce us to consider chromium an essential element. Is chromium toxic or essential? It is both. The concept of essential or toxic cannot be conceived statically, these terms are relative and depend on a number of other facts and data (dose, time, chemical form, individuality of the organism, interaction with other substances in the environment etc). This relative view has a more general validity not only for chromium but for trace elements in general and it is very important in particular with regard to prevention of health damage caused by deficiency or excess of a substance.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1996

Erschienen:

1996

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:135

Enthalten in:

Casopis lekaru ceskych - 135(1996), 5 vom: 06. März, Seite 150-3

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Patrí chrom mezi esenciální nebo toxické prvky?

Beteiligte Personen:

Senft, V [VerfasserIn]
Kohout, J [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

0R0008Q3JB
Chromium
English Abstract
Journal Article
Micronutrients

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.08.1996

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM086542176