Abstract
The purpose of this contribution is to provide a brief review of e. s. r. measurements of animal tissues, and to discuss possible medical applications. Spectra have been reported for a large variety of different tissues of animal, vegetable and microbial origin. The list of animal tissues includes adrenal (
d, t
), blood (
e, k
), bone (
a, b, p
), brain (
e
), collagen (
b
), heart (
d, e, g, i, k, l, n, q
) intestine (
d
), kidney (
d, e, g, i, j , k, l
), lens (
g
), liver (
c, d, e, f, g, i, k, l, m, n, q, r, s, u
), lung (
d, e, g, k, o, q
), lymph node (
g
), muscle (
d, e, k
), skin (
g
), spleen (
c, d, g, h, k, l, m
), thymus (
g
), and a number of cancer tissues (
c, d, e, g, j, k, n, s, u
). (References:
a
, Becker 1963;
b
, Becker & Marino 1966;
c
, Brennan
et al
. 1965;
d
, Commoner & Ternberg 1961;
e
, Commoner
et al
. 1954;
f
, Cook & Mallard 1963;
g
, Dettmer
et al
. 1967;
h
, Kalmanson
et al
. 1965;
i
, Kerkut
et al
. 1961;
j
, Mallard & Kent 1964;
k
, Mallard & Kent 1966;
l
, Miyagawa
et al
. 1958;
m
, Morozova & Bliumenfel’d 1960;
n
, Nebert & Mason 1963;
o
, Rowlands
et al
. 1967,
P
, Swartz 1965;
q
, Swartz & Molenda 1965;
r
, Ternberg & Commoner, 1963;
s
, Truby & Goldzieher 1958;
t
, Truby & Goldzieher 1960;
u
, Vithayathil
et al
. 1965).