Scientific research has brought about enormous national advancements in cancer management. Currently, Morocco provides several therapeutic tools for cancer, among them chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. In Morocc...Scientific research has brought about enormous national advancements in cancer management. Currently, Morocco provides several therapeutic tools for cancer, among them chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. In Morocco, there is not enough published data on the use of alternative medicine in pediatric oncology. Owing to the increased interest and lack of data on this practice, we conducted this study. It aims to evaluate the uptake, the types of therapies used, the factors influencing, the reasons for this choice and the cost of AM used by patients. An investigation through a questionnaire was carried out on thirty-four children following for cancer within the pediatric hematology and oncology department (PHO) of Marrakech. The survey was conducted over a period of one month and a half between July 25 and September 5, 2022. Data were collected through a questionnaire. From the medical files, we collected data regarding type of cancer, date of admission to PHO department and the treatment received. We asked about the type of AM used: herbs, honey, spiritual AM, zamzam water (water from a “sacred” source in Mecca). Using alternative therapies is a common practice in pediatric oncology with various reasons, among them, the declining socioeconomic level, the diversity, the cultural background, the psychological and the functional status of patients and sometimes the dissatisfaction with conventional medicine.展开更多
A cloud point extraction-flame atomic absorption spectrometric method for determination of copper in Chinese herb medicine samples was developed,using dithizone as complexing agent and Triton X-114 as surfactant.The e...A cloud point extraction-flame atomic absorption spectrometric method for determination of copper in Chinese herb medicine samples was developed,using dithizone as complexing agent and Triton X-114 as surfactant.The experimental conditions,including sample pH,the concentration of dithizone,the concentration of Triton X-114,equilibrium temperature and time,were investigated in detail.Under the optimized conditions,detection limit of 0.9 μg/L and enrichment factor of 18 were achieved for copper determination with sample consumption of 10 mL.The proposed method was successfully applied to analyze copper content in Chinese herb medicine samples,with analytical results in good agreement with those obtained by graphite furnace atomic spectrometry.展开更多
文摘Scientific research has brought about enormous national advancements in cancer management. Currently, Morocco provides several therapeutic tools for cancer, among them chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. In Morocco, there is not enough published data on the use of alternative medicine in pediatric oncology. Owing to the increased interest and lack of data on this practice, we conducted this study. It aims to evaluate the uptake, the types of therapies used, the factors influencing, the reasons for this choice and the cost of AM used by patients. An investigation through a questionnaire was carried out on thirty-four children following for cancer within the pediatric hematology and oncology department (PHO) of Marrakech. The survey was conducted over a period of one month and a half between July 25 and September 5, 2022. Data were collected through a questionnaire. From the medical files, we collected data regarding type of cancer, date of admission to PHO department and the treatment received. We asked about the type of AM used: herbs, honey, spiritual AM, zamzam water (water from a “sacred” source in Mecca). Using alternative therapies is a common practice in pediatric oncology with various reasons, among them, the declining socioeconomic level, the diversity, the cultural background, the psychological and the functional status of patients and sometimes the dissatisfaction with conventional medicine.
文摘A cloud point extraction-flame atomic absorption spectrometric method for determination of copper in Chinese herb medicine samples was developed,using dithizone as complexing agent and Triton X-114 as surfactant.The experimental conditions,including sample pH,the concentration of dithizone,the concentration of Triton X-114,equilibrium temperature and time,were investigated in detail.Under the optimized conditions,detection limit of 0.9 μg/L and enrichment factor of 18 were achieved for copper determination with sample consumption of 10 mL.The proposed method was successfully applied to analyze copper content in Chinese herb medicine samples,with analytical results in good agreement with those obtained by graphite furnace atomic spectrometry.
