Journal of Medical Physics and Biophysics
Vol 1, No 1 (2014): Inaugural Issue

Composition of Human Bone Mineral by FTIR and Its Relationship to the Age

Djarwani S. Soejoko (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, University of Indonesia)
Yessie Widya Sari (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University)
Setia Utami Dewi (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University)
Nurizati Nurizati (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University Indonesia)
Kiagus Dahlan (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University)
Djaja Surya Atmadja (Department of Forensic Medicine and Medicolegal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Feb 2014

Abstract

Deproteinated human bone with hydrazine indicated that percentage of bone mass mineral increased with individual age in the range of child to adult, and then slowly decreased with ageing. Type of bone and sex also influenced the proportional of mineral in bone. Several information was obtained from infrared spectroscopy measurements. Calcium phosphate in bone mineral was a mixture of amorphous calcium phosphates and apatite crystals that rich of carbonates. Most crystals were carbonate apatite type B, with additional small amount of type A and AB. The splitting factor of υ4 phosphate bands indicated that crystalline degree was regulated by age, increases in the range of child to adult, then decrease up to a certain value (0.16) and finally almost constant. It is predicted that apatite crystals that was formed with less calcium phosphate will accompanied by the insertion of crystallization water in order to maintain the constancy of bone volume.

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Journal Info

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jmpb

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Physics

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Journal of Medical Physics and Biophysics is a gold open-access journal and serves as official publication media of the Indonesian Association of Physicists in Medicine, IAPM (Aliansi Fisikawan Medik Indonesia, AFISMI). JMPB publishes articles with the general concern on the application of physics ...