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Copper (24-hour urine copper):

This test measures the amount of copper in the blood, urine, or liver (hepatic). Copper is an essential mineral that the body incorporates into enzymes. These enzymes play a role in the regulation of iron metabolism, formation of connective tissue, energy production at the cellular level, the creation of melanin, and the function of the nervous system and brain.

Copper sources

Copper is found in many foods including nuts, chocolate, mushrooms, shellfish, whole grains, dried fruits, and liver. Drinking water may acquire copper as it flows through copper pipes, and food may acquire it when people cook or serve food in copper dishes. Normally, the body absorbs copper from the intestines, makes it nontoxic by binding it to a protein, and transports it to the liver. The liver stores some of the copper and binds most of the rest to a protein called apoceruloplasmin that, when copper is attached, becomes the enzyme ceruloplasmin. About 95% of the copper in the blood is bound to ceruloplasmin. The liver excretes excess copper into the bile and it is removed from the body in the stool. Some copper is also excreted in the urine.

excess storage of copper in the liver cause
Wilson's Disease

هذا الاختبار يقيس كمية النحاس في الدم والبول ، أو الكبد والنحاس هو معدن أساسي فى تركيب الانزيمات. هذه الانزيمات تلعب دورا في تنظيم عملية التمثيل الغذائي للحديد، وتشكيل النسيج الضام ، وإنتاج الطاقة على مستوى الخلية ، وإنشاء الميلانين ، ووظيفة الجهاز العصبي والمخ.

مصادر النحاس

يمكن الحصول على النحاس في كثير من الأطعمة مثل المكسرات ، والشوكولاته ، والفطر ، والمحار ، والحبوب الكاملة ، والفواكه المجففة ، والكبد. وايضا يمكن الحصول عليه من مياه الشرب حيث يتدفق عبر الأنابيب النحاسية

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