Human metabolism of orally administered radioactive cobalt chloride.

Holstein, HannaLund University,Lunds universitet,Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups (author)

This study investigated the human gastrointestinal uptake (f1) and subsequent whole-body retention of orally administered inorganic radioactive cobalt. Of eight adult volunteers aged between 24 and 68 years, seven were given solutions of (57)Co (T1/2 = 272 d) containing a stable cobalt carrier, and six were given carrier-free (58)Co (T1/2 = 71 d). The administered activities ranged between 25 and 103 kBq. The observed mean f1, based on 6 days accumulated urinary excretion sampling and whole-body counting, was 0.028 ± 0.0048 for carrier-free (58)Co, and 0.016 ± 0.0021 for carrier-associated (57)Co. These values were in reasonable agreement with values reported from previous studies involving a single intake of inorganic cobalt. The time pattern of the total retention (including residual cobalt in the GI tract) included a short-term component with a biological half-time of 0.71 ± 0.03 d (average ± 1 standard error of the mean for the two nuclides), an intermediate component with a mean half-time of 32 ± 8.5 d, and a long-term component (observed in two volunteers) with half-times ranging from 80 to 720 d for the two isotopes. From the present data we conclude that for the short-lived (57)Co and (58)Co, more than 95% of the internal absorbed dose was delivered within 7 days following oral intake, with a high individual variation influenced by the transit time of the unabsorbed cobalt through the gastro-intestinal tract.

Ranebo, YlvaLund University,Lunds universitet,Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)radf-yra (author)
Rääf, ChristopherLund University,Lunds universitet,Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)rfa-cra (author)
Medicinsk strålningsfysik, MalmöForskargrupper vid Lunds universitet (creator_code:org_t)

In:Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Elsevier BV143, s. 152-1581879-17000265-931X

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