Prof.
Alessandro Dolmella
(University of Padova)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
An efficient procedure for the preparation of [188Re(N)(PNP)]-based complexes is reported. The radiochemical yield (RCY) of the compounds was optimized considering reaction parameters such as: nature of nitrido nitrogen donors, reaction times and pH.
The chemical identity of 188Re-agents was established by HPLC comparison with the corresponding well characterized cold Re-compounds. The...
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A new radiofluorination method of select fluor as a new and effective F-18 fluorinating reagent
Mrs
Gülcan Ünak
(Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
1-(Chloromethyl)-4-fluoro-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane ditetrafluoroborate is known as SelectfluorTM (Sigma-Aldrich Cas no. 140681-55-6) and is a widely used as an electrophilic fluorinating agent for different kinds of organic compounds. Contrarily, it was not used for 18F fluorination processes, but recently a research team at Oxford University in the UK has tried to label...
Ms
Izabela Cydzik
(Joint Research Centre European Commission, IHCP)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Nanoparticles (NPs) have been used in a variety of applications for many decades, without specific attention being given to safety issues that may be due to their small dimensions. Examples of products in which NPs are used are suncreams, printer toners, car tyres, and pigments. In recent years, the rapid growth of the field of nanotechnology has seen surge in the number of different types of...
Dr
Cemal OZEROGLU
(Istanbul University Faculty of Engineering Department of Chemistry 34320 Avcilar-Istanbul/TURKEY)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Toxic or radioactive metals cause progressive or irreversible renal injury and in acute cases, may lead to kidney failure and dead (1-3). Nuclear technologies have provided a better quality of different fields of life. However, this leads to accumulation of substantial amounts of radioactive wastes or waste solutions and the radionuclide 137Cs is produced in high yield during the fission...
Mrs
Tasoula Kiliari
(University of Cyprus)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Tasoula Kiliari, Ioannis Pashalidis*
Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Cy-1678 Nicosia
*E-mail: pspasch@ucy.ac.cy
ABSTRACT
The concentration of trivalent americium and samarium in aqueous samples has been determined by means of alpha-radiometry and UV-Vis photometry, respectively, after chemical separation and pre-concentration of the elements by...
Prof.
Pavol Rajec
(BIONT, Comenius University)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
The reaction route 64Ni(p,n)64Cu is very popular for the preparation of 64Cu because its entrance channel is accessible at low energies and yield of reaction is quite high. However, a high price of the enriched 64Ni is a disadvantage of this reaction path; hence, preparation of a chemically pure nickel targets for the production of 64Cu using COSTIS (Compact Solid Target Irradiation System)...
Dr
Stanislav Pavelka
(1Department of Radiometry, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague and 2Central-European Technology Institute, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
Thyroid hormones (TH) play important roles in the development and function of both, brown and white adipose tissue. However, data about the local conversion of TH in adipocytes are still scarce. With the aid of our newly developed radiometric enzyme assay, we measured changes in the activity of the type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase (D3) in several depots of murine white adipose tissue (WAT)...
Prof.
Dominic Lariviere
(Université Laval)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Micro-wave acid dissolution is an effective and commonly used technique to dissolve environmental samples. However, this technique has several issues, including its low sample throughput, its limited ability to deal with samples containing high organic content such as biological tissues, and its incomplete digestion yields for refractory compounds like actinides oxides.
An improved...
Dr
Manuel Navarrete
(UNAM)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Education in Nuclear Chemistry and Physics
poster
Mexico remains a country of vast territory; therefore, with increasing and more urgent energy demands, we consider indispensable the acceptance of Nuclear Power as a clean energy source, and thus fight back among the population the misconceptions which lead to irrational rejection as a viable alternative in the development of our country.
As background, we will point out some facts made by...
Dr
Roberta Guilizzoni
(Università degli Studi di Milano)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
The continuous development of new approaches and skills in modern radiotherapy, aimed to achieve highly conformal dose volumes, have made heavy demands on dosimetry methodology development. The three-dimensional treatment planning computerized systems, adopted in the clinical praxis for radiation therapy, require dosimetry methods capable of reliable 3D dose measurements in order to ensure...
A. Bombard
(Triskem International)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
Cu isotopes (e.g. Cu-64) increasingly find use in radiopharmaceutical applications; accordingly fast, reliable and easily automatable methods for the production of these isotopes are of great interest. A Cu selective extraction chromatographic resin (CU Resin, TrisKem International) developed for the fast and selective separation of Cu was characterized and a method for the separation of Cu...
Dr
Ignazio Vilardi
(Nuclear Medicine Department, Multimedica Scientific Institute, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
Introduction
Most of the waste generated at a cyclotron/PET facility presents high radioactivity created by target irradiation. The main sources of this waste are foils, spent targets, materials produced during accelerator maintenance, chemicals used in the separation of radioisotopes from the target materials and for labelling of radiopharmaceuticals. Usually, these materials are collected...
Mr
Kamil Brudecki
(The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
Plutonium isotopes are present in investigated samples mainly as a result of nuclear weapons tests in last century and Chernobyl disaster. In human body plutonium is accumulated mainly in liver and bones and main exposure pathway is inhalation. Bone tissue samples were obtained during routine surgeries – the replacement if knee or hip joints by implants. Patients belong to general population,...
Dr
Ana Maria Figueiredo
(IPEN-CNEN/SP)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
The main sources of air pollution in the São Paulo megacity are gases and particulate matter released by the ever increasing fleet of light and heavy vehicles (more than 7 million) as well as industrial process emissions. These emissions are of great concern due to their effects on human health, causing lung cancer and respiratory problems, since they contain a wide range of potentially toxic...
Dr
Mitiko Saiki
(Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Atmospheric pollution is today one of the many problems facing mankind. This problem affects everything from the natural environment to human health and to climate. As result authorities of all over the world have become very preoccupied with the adverse effects derived from air pollution. The objective of this study was to apply Neutron activation Analysis (NAA) to collect air pollution data...
Dr
Pasquale Avino
(INAIL (ex-ISPESL))
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Many studies have focused their attention on the determination of elements of toxicological and environmental interest in atmospheric particulate matter using analytical techniques requiring chemical treatments. The Instrumental Nuclear Activation Analysis (INAA) technique allows to achieve high sensitivity, good precision and excellent limit of detection without pre-treatment, also...
Claudia Landstetter
(Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
A method for the determination of 90Sr and 210Pb in freshwater fish was developed. The determinations were conducted within a project on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health. The aim of this project was to get an overview of natural radionuclides and artificial radionuclides in freshwater fish in different lakes in Austria.
For sampling the Neusiedler See in Burgenland, two lakes in...
Prof.
Grazia Gambarini
(Department of Physics, Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy and INFN Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milan, Italy)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
Due to the recent development of new conformal radiotherapy techniques, it’s important to generate an improvement of dosimetric instruments especially in brachytherapy, in order to obtain a remarkable improvement of the measurement accuracy and precision of the absorbed dose both by healthy and pathologic tissues.
The HDR brachytherapy requires the use of an interstitial implant or an...
Dr
Graciela Zarazua
(Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares), Prof.
Trinidad Martinez
(UNAM. Facultad de Ciencias)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
The Lerma River is born near the Toluca city. This city has an industrial, commercial and agricultural activity, the river then continues their flow to the Tepuxtepec dam which is used as a water reservoir and fish production for the local population. The concentration of heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb) in gills, liver, kidney and muscle of herbivorous carp (Ctenopharygodon...
Dr
Nicole Mantaut
(Università degli studi di Milano)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
One of the most important progress reached in radiotherapy in the last decade is intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). This modern radiotherapy permits to achieve a conformed high dose distribution around the target volume, sparing at the same time the surrounding critical organs and healthy tissues. Since the radiation fields are very complex and the absorbed doses during IMRT...
Prof.
Milan Laznicek
(Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
Radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies and their fragments represent promising agents for radioimmunotherapy of cancers. For labeling with radiometals, macrocyclic chelating agents with high complex stability are usually attached to the biomacromolecule. To achieve specific activity of the antibody sufficient for a cancer treatment, large numbers of chelating groups have to be conjugated to a...
alex hermanne
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
With the advent of high power, high energy deuteron accelerators used for instance for the neutron source of the IFMIF facility detailed analysis of activation products in structural materials receives an increased attention (Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library FENDL 3.0 ; http://www-nds.iaea.org/fendl3/).
A particular case is the formation of 7Be in light, so called low activation...
Mr
Kamol Dey
(Department of Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Life is polymeric in its essence: the most important components of living cell (proteins, carbohydrates and nucleic acids) are all polymers. Nature uses polymers both for construction and as part of the complicated cell machinery. Development of polymer is a continuous process for achieving polymer in a specific application under certain environmental condition. The bombardment of the...
Dr
Ignazio Vilardi
(Nuclear Medicine Department, Multimedica Scientific Institute, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
Introduction
The Pharmaceutical Industry in European Community applies very strict rules for quality assurance in production and control of pharmaceuticals. A manufacturer’s authorization guarantees that all authorized pharmaceuticals satisfy the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements for medicinal products. Many national Governments have created their own GMP guidelines. In Italy,...
Dr
Alice Laznickova
(Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a high molecular weight glycosaminoglycan composed of repetitive disaccharide units. HA participates in various physiological and pathological processes in the body and is typically used as a medical device, dietary supplements etc. Ubiquitous in all tissues and fluids, the fate of exogenously administered HA in the body cannot be directly determined by any classical...
Prof.
Grazia Gambarini
(Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN, Milan, Italy)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
In-vivo dose measurements during complex conformal radiotherapy treatments are very important, in order to check the dose delivered to the patient and compare this dose with the prescribed one, improving in such a way the treatment quality. A method has been studied and developed aimed to perform in vivo dosimetry during brachytherapy treatments. The method is based on a radiochromic...
Dr
Simone Alessandro Grisotto
(Physics Department of the Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
During complex conformal radiotherapy treatments it is very important, also if not mandatory, perform in-vivo dose measurements. In fact, in-vivo dosimetry allows monitoring the dose delivered to the patient and to compare this dose with the prescribed one, improving in such a way the quality assurance. Currently, the most utilised methods for the in-vivo dosimetry are based on...
Dr
Mitiko Saiki
(IPEN/CNEN-SP)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
In recent decades, anthropogenic activities, particularly those associated with industrial processes and mining, have been the major source of inorganic element enrichment in soils. Unlike organic contaminants, most inorganic elements do not undergo microbial or chemical degradation therefore their total concentrations remain in soils for a long time after their apparence. In this case, due to...
Dr
Cemal OZEROGLU
(Istanbul University Faculty of Engineering Department of Chemistry 34320 Avcilar-Istanbul/TURKEY)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Uranium and its compounds are highly toxic which causes progressive or irreversible renal injury and in acute cases may lead kidney failure and dead (1-3). For this reason, many removal processes have been used for adsorption of radioactive metal ions such as uranium(VI), strontium(II) and cesium(I) ions from industrial waste waters and waste solutions (4-6). Organic and inorganic adsorbents...
Deborah FAVARO
(Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
The Tietê River is one of Brazil’s most important rivers and crosses the State of São Paulo (SP) from east-to-west flowing into another important river, the Paraná River. The objective of this study was to quantify the amount of trace elements and some metals present in sediments collected from the Tietê River, at 5 different sampling points (P0-P4), in 3 campaigns (2008/2009), from the...
Dr
MARIANGELA BURGOS M. de AZEVEDO
(IPEN/CNEN)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
The overall objective of this work is to develop biodegradable microspheres intended for internal radiation therapy which provides an improved treatment for hepatic carcinomas [1]. The most studied brachytherapy systems employing microspheres made of holmium-biopolymer system, is composed by poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) and holmium acetylacetonate (HoAcAc) [2]. The importance of the holmium...
Prof.
Aleksander Bilewicz
(Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
Objectives: The aim of the work was to study the possibility of using nanozeolites as carriers for very perspective therapeutic radionuclides -emiters 223,224,225Ra. These metals do not form stable complexes so they can hardly be bound to biomolecules via chemical bonds. Zeolites are crystalline aluminosilicates composed of tetrahedral elements that build open framework structures - a system...
Dr
Maria do Carmo Freitas
(Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, URSN)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
At three sites of Portugal – Viana do Castelo, Sacavém, Sines – bark from Olea europea and the lichen Parmelia caperata, collected in clean areas, were exposed. The situation of the sites allows different meteorological conditions, from rainy to dry and cooler to warmer. Three different procedures for the lichen exposure were adopted: rectangular flat pieces, the lichen in its original form...
Dr
Marcia Pires de Campos
(IPEN)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
Phosphogypsum is a waste of the wet-acid process for producing phosphoric acid from phosphate rock. For every ton of phosphoric acid obtained, from the reaction of phosphate rock with sulfuric acid, about four tons of phosphogypsum are produced. Large quantities of phosphogypsum have been produced worldwide. In 2006, annual production was estimated to be about 170 million tons. Brazilian...
Ms
Barbara Bartos
(Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
Problems
Radionuclides with medium energy beta emission and a several day half-life are attractive candidates for radioimmunotherapy. Among the most promising in this category is 47Sc. The methods of production high activities of carrier free 47Sc was already described. Enriched 47TiO2 targets were irradiated with high energy neutrons (En>1 MeV) to produce 47Sc via the 47Ti(n,p)47Sc reaction....
Mrs
Gözde Sarican
(Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Division of Nuclear Chemistry, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
oral presentation
Tyrosine is one of the 20 standard amino acids commonly takes place in the structures of animal proteins and it is required for normal functioning in humans and found in most proteins, for example in insulin. It is converted from the essential amino acid phenylalanin in the human metabolism and is a precursor of adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine, thyroid hormones, melanin, etc. In humans,...
Mrs
Cigdem Cetin
(Ege University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Division of Nuclear Chemistry, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
As is known well, insulin is a very important hormone in the body and in case of its absent or its level in the blood is low, glucose is not taken up by most body cells and the body begins to use fat as an energy source. As its level is a central metabolic control mechanism, its status is also used as a control signal to other body systems. For this reason, the sensitively measurement of...
Dr
Karsten Franke
(HZDR)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
An increasing number of products containing engineered nanoparticles (NP) raises the question of potential impacts of the applied NP on the environment. During production, application and final disposal, NP-containing products undergo multiple physical (e.g. abrasion) and chemical (e.g. weathering) processes, that potentially influence and alter the availability and mobility of NP. Crucial...
Prof.
amran majid
(universiti kebangsaan malaysia)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
Previous studies have shown that the natural radioactivity contained in the building material was significantly influenced the dose rates in dwelling. Exposure to natural radiation in building has become more important since almost 80% of our daily live are spend indoor. Thus, the aim of the study is to assess the radiological risk associated with natural radioactivity in soil based building...
Stanislav Pavelka
(1Department of Radiometry, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague and 2Central-European Technology Institute, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Details of newly elaborated radiometric methods for extremely sensitive determination of enzyme activities of iodothyronine deiodinases (IDs) of types 1, 2 and 3 are described. IDs catalyze selective 5’- (outer ring) and 5- (inner ring) monodeiodinations of iodothyronines and play crucial roles in the biotransformations of thyroid hormones (TH).
Our novel radiometric assays for IDs are...
Dr
Barbara Paci Mazzilli
(Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Health Physics and Radiation Chemistry
poster
The Brazilian phosphate fertilizers are obtained by wet reaction of the igneous phosphate rock with concentrated sulphuric acid, giving as final product phosphoric acid and dehydrated calcium sulphate (phosphogypsum - PG) as by-product. The level of impurities (metals and radionuclides, among others) present in the phosphate rock used as raw material is distributed among products and...
Mr
vimalnath nair
(Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
64Cu is an unique radionuclide, as it undergoes transmutation through three different routes, namely, electron capture (41%), - (40%) and positron emission (19%), and hence is suitable for both PET imaging and targeted therapy. The high specific activity ‘no carrier added’ (N.C.A) grade 64Cu producible from (n,p) reactions on Zn target in medium flux nuclear reactor, is an attractive option...
Mr
Naoyuki OSADA
(Graduate school of Engineering, Kyoto University)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
High-energy proton accelerator produces radiation which induces radiation-chemical reactions of the air in accelerator rooms. The radiolytic product, such as nitrogen oxide, in the accelerator room air forms a huge amount of aerosol particles. In this work, an air chamber was bombarded with a 50-MeV proton beam, and the number concentration and the size distribution of the particles formed in...
Prof.
Susanta Lahiri
(Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Amongst the various radioisotopes available or becoming available for application in nuclear medicine, 61Cu offers an appropriate selection for imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy, due to its superior nuclear properties including desirable half-life and ease of production. Earlier few methods were reported for separation and extraction of 64Cu using various analytical techniques. In this...
Dr
Gyula Kis-Benedek
(International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
The determination of 226Ra and 210Pb is important for characterization of new and existing reference materials, for use as natural tracers in environmental studies and in environmental assessments when natural radionuclides are present at elevated levels. The 226Ra and 210Pb ratio of characterized reference materials changes with time. Due to possible partial escape of 222Rn from the...
Deborah Favaro
(Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Education in Nuclear Chemistry and Physics
poster
Nuclear Chemistry appears very little in high school course curricula or classes in Brazil. This fact hinders students who enroll in higher education without the knowledge necessary for it to exert its full citizenship. This study investigated the public University of São Paulo student´s of understanding of the term "nuclear energy", highlighting the structure of Social Representations (SR). ...
Dr
Nicolò Morellato
(University of Padova, Italy)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radiopharmaceuticals Chemistry
poster
Development of new 99mTc and 186/188Re radiopharmaceuticals still remain an interesting research topic thanks to their ideal nuclear properties. 99mTc is the radioisotope of election for SPECT-imaging (Eγ=140 keV, t1/2=6.02 h), and 186/188Re are important radionuclides with therapeutic potential (186Re: Eβ=1.07 MeV, Eγ=137 keV, t1/2=90.6 h; 188Re: Eβ=2.12 MeV, Eγ=155 keV, t1/2=17 h). Despite...
Prof.
Tjaart Nicolaas (Nico) van der Walt
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
The production possibility of different copper radionuclides has been investigated by several groups[1-7]. Szelecsényi et al.[8] measured new cross-section data for the 66Zn(p,2pn)64Cu and 68Zn(p,x)64Cu nuclear processes from their respective threshold energies up to 100 MeV and concluded that both processes are suitable for the routine production of 64Cu. A 66Zn target and a 68Zn target can...
Dr
Vera Akiko Maihara
(IPEN-CNEN/SP)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Total Diet Studies (TDS) have been carried out to estimate dietary intakes of the essential and toxic elements for a large-scale population over a specific period of time. In general, a Market Basket (MB) approach is adopted. In this study, the TDS was based on the evaluation of food representing a MB, which reflected the dietary habits of the São Paulo State population, corresponding to 72%...
Dr
Vera Akiko Maihara
(IPEN-CNEN/SP)
22/09/2011, 17:30
Radioanalytical Chemistry and Nanoparticles
poster
Mushrooms are fungi species which have high capacity to retain elements and radionuclides such as 137Cs, 238U, 232Th, from the environment. Studies have demonstrated that wild mushrooms can be used as environmental indicators and monitors to evaluate contamination and quality of ecosystems. Several studies have determined a high level of radionuclide in agricultural products in the Poços de...
