Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of natural therapeutic mud of Kazakhstan salt lakes: a review
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Published:2024-01-16
Issue:2
Volume:46
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ISSN:0269-4042
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Container-title:Environmental Geochemistry and Health
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Environ Geochem Health
Author:
Akimzhanova Khafiza,Sabitova Alfira,Mussabayeva Binur,Kairbekov Zhaksyntay,Bayakhmetova Bulbul,Proch Jędrzej
Abstract
AbstractIn recent years, interest in natural therapeutic mud has been growing all over the world. This natural product has a positive therapeutic effect on the skin and has fewer side effects on the human body. There are more than 40 thousand salt lakes in Kazakhstan. Most of them have natural mud sources, the potential of which has not yet been fully explored. The review presents an analysis of the available information on the physical and chemical properties of the main sources of natural mud from salt lakes in Kazakhstan and Kazakh sanatoriums that use natural mud in the treatment. All available publications, presenting the systematic studies, were used for data analysis. A comparative analysis of the mineralization of water, brine, and silt in one reservoir shows that the mineralization of water is not always the least. The available data indicate a point and partial nature of peloid studies, e.g., inorganic composition of natural muds from Western and Southern Kazakhstan is well described in the literature. In turn, there is a lack of these data from Northern and Eastern Kazakhstan. Studies of peloids in these regions seem to be a promising direction of the future research for both local and world scientists. What is more, there is also a big gap in the analysis of organic matter of muds from the Kazakh lakes. Comparing the state of the art, i.e., the studies from other parts of Asia and Europe, the identification of the organic part of muds is another desirable direction as a potential source of biologically active compounds of natural origin.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Geochemistry and Petrology,General Environmental Science,Water Science and Technology,Environmental Chemistry,General Medicine,Environmental Engineering
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