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ArticleScientific reports2020

Assessment of sapropel use for pharmaceutical products according to legislation, pollution parameters, and concentration of biologically active substances.

Ilona Pavlovska, Aneka Klavina, Agris Auce, Ivars Vanadzins, Alise Silova, Laura Komarovska, Baiba Silamikele, Linda Dobkevica, Linda Paegle

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ilona PavlovskaInstitute of Occupation Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia. ilona.pavlovska@rsu.lv.
Aneka KlavinaInstitute of Occupation Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
Agris AuceInstitute of Occupation Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
Ivars VanadzinsInstitute of Occupation Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
Alise SilovaInstitute of Occupation Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
Laura KomarovskaInstitute of Occupation Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
Baiba SilamikeleInstitute of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
Linda DobkevicaFaculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
Linda PaegleInstitute of Occupation Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
Riga Stradiņš University · LVUniversity of Latvia · LV

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Development trends need the necessity for wider use of the local resources and available natural materials are one of the priorities around the world. Freshwater sapropel is a common material in the water basement of the lakes, but still not sufficiently explored. The main goal of the project to start detailed and systematic research on the medical properties of sapropel to be obtained in Latvia, promote its scientifically based use in balneology, develop new medical procedures and services, and promote development of new exportable products. The results include the survey, sampling depths, and processing, evaluation of external signs, physical, chemical, and biochemical parameters, and evaluation of microbiological indicators. Active components from the sapropel samples extracted using the alkaline method. Sapropel extracts were characterized by organic carbon content, humic and fulvic acid concentrations, total phenolic content, trace metal and pesticide concentrations, total antioxidant status, and microbiological flora. Summarizing the article's main findings it was concluded that Latvian freshwater sapropel can be used as raw material for obtaining sapropel extract and use it in the preparation of pharmaceuticals and promote the development of new exportable products and services.

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BenzopyransEnvironmental PollutionHumic SubstancesLakesLatviaMud TherapyPharmaceutical PreparationsSoilTrace ElementsBenzopyransfulvic acidHumic SubstancesPharmaceutical PreparationssapropelSoilTrace Elements

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PMID33299027
PMCPMC7725781
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