PLASMA COPPER, ZINC AND MAGNESIUM LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH PREMENSTRUAL TENSION SYNDROME

POSACI C., ERTEN O., UREN A., ACAR B.

ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, vol.73, no.6, pp.452-455, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 73 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 1994
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/00016349409013429
  • Journal Name: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.452-455
  • Keywords: COPPER, MAGNESIUM, PREMENSTRUAL TENSION SYNDROME, ZINC, PRE-MENSTRUAL TENSION, CYCLE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We measured plasma Cu. Zn and Mg levels in 40 women suffering from premenstrual tension syndrome (PMTS) and in 20 control subjects by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Mean plasma Cu, Zn and Mg levels, the Zn/Cu ratio were 80.2+/-6.00 mu g/dl, 112.6+/-8.35 mu g/dl, 0.70+/-0.18 mmol/l, and 1.40+/-0.10 in the PMTS group; and 77.0+/-4.50 mu g/dl, 117.4+/-9.50 mu g/dl, 0.87+/-0.10 mmol/l, and 1.51+/-0.05 in the control group respectively. The mean Mg level and the Zn/Cu ratio were significantly lower in PMTS patients than in the control group. Plasma Mg and Zn levels were diminished significantly during the luteal phase compared to the follicular phase in PMTS group. Mg deficiency may play a role in the etiology of PMTS.