It has long been known that silica is present in all vegetable and animal tissues. Most of it appears to be in a soluble form which is readily absorbed by the gut and excreted in the urine. A considerable fraction is also present in the skin, hair and other tissues. But the state of its occurrence is not known. The observation from spectroscopic analyses performed in our laboratory a few years ago, that silica is invariably present in the hard tissues and tends to be much higher in certain organs, prompted the present study, with a view to establishing whether there is a functional metabolism of silicon, or whether its presence is merely accidental. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.108608 |
| Date | January 1952 |
| Creators | Hollett, Charlotte. |
| Contributors | Denstedt, O.F. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Biochemistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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