AGE-RELATED CALCIUM MAGNESIUM RATIO IN THE LIGAMENTA-FLAVA/

Authors
MULLER W FIRSCHING R IFFLAND R
Citation
W. Muller et al., AGE-RELATED CALCIUM MAGNESIUM RATIO IN THE LIGAMENTA-FLAVA/, Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie, 27(5), 1994, pp. 328-329
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044281X
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
328 - 329
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-281X(1994)27:5<328:ACMRIT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The Ca/Mg ratio in fibrous connective tissue may be related to its ela stic property. Ligamenta flava were obtained from 76 patients during l umbar disc surgery, and Ca and Mg levels were determined by atomic abs orption spectrometry. The Ca/Mg ratio was almost constant throughout a ll age groups. It is concluded that the constancy of the Ca/Mg ratio t hroughout the lifetime is an integral quality of elastic fibers which may be explained by the biological long half-life of elastin.