Abstract:
Environmental, dietary habits, genetic, metabolic conditions, and life
style factors play an important role in the formation of kidney and gall
stones, which represent a prevalent and costly health problem. This study
aimed to define patterns of stones and identify their chemical
compositions in the collected samples using inductively coupled plasma
optical emission (ICP), infrared spectroscopy (IR) and ultra violet
spectrometer (UV) techniques. A total of 20 kidney and gall stone
samples were collected randomly and surgically recovered from (11males
and 9 females mean age 7-90 years) of Sudanese subjects. Analysis by
inductively coupled plasma optical emission (ICP), was used to identify
the elements composition of all collected kidney and gallstone samples.
The results revealed that Ca, Na, K and Mg, found at high concentrations
in contrasting with other elements among the collected samples. Also
kidney and gallstone samples were analyzed by ultra violet (UV)
technique and the obtained spectra showed that, all the samples absorbed
energy at wavelength range205-230nm. This absorption attributed to
presence of the carbonyl group which absorbs radiation at 220nm. In
addition, the collected samples were characterized by infrared (IR)
technique. The obtained IR spectra indicated that kidney stone samples
(1, 3, 4, and 5) were composed from calcium oxalate and sample 2 was
composed from Uric acid. Moreover, the IR results revealed that, all gall
stone samples are composed of mixed stones. The study finding showed
that kidney stones formation is common in male subjects, while gall
stones formation is common in female subjects.
