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Item ENHANCED CERIUM CONCENTRATION IN MAGNESIUM-DEFICIENT PLANTS(CURRENT SCIENCE, 1989) NAIR, RR; GUPTA, PN; VALIATHAN, MS; KARTHA, CC; EAPEN, JT; NAIR, NGItem GEOCHEMICAL BASIS OF TROPICAL ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS(CURRENT SCIENCE, 1995) EAPEN, JT; SHIVAKUMAR, K; NAIR, RR; KARTHA, CC; VALIATHAN, MSItem GEOCHEMICAL BASIS OF TROPICAL ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS(CURRENT SCIENCE, 1994) VALIATHAN, MS; KARTHA, CC; NAIR, RR; SHIVAKUMAR, K; EAPEN, JTEndomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) has a marked preference for the tropics and the poor socio-economic class. Tropical soil is rich in minerals such as monazite and the endomyocardial samples of patients with EMF show higher levels of cerium - a major constituent of monazite - in combination with lower concentrations of magnesium. The geochemical hypothesis postulates that poor children are prose to develop magnesium deficiency because of insufficient intake and the higher growth needs for the element. The deficiency of magnesium promotes the absorption of cerium and enhances its toxicity which could form the basis for the initial injury in EMF.Item MAGNESIUM LEVEL - REPLY(CURRENT SCIENCE, 1993) VALIATHAN, MS; EAPEN, JTItem ON COCONUT AND COCONUT OIL - WHERE MODERN SCIENCE MEETS TRADITIONAL WISDOM(CURRENT SCIENCE, 1995) EAPEN, JTItem RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAGNESIUM AND CERIUM AS A COMMON BASIS FOR COCONUT ROOT (WILT) AND A HUMAN CARDIOMYOPATHY(CURRENT SCIENCE, 1992) VALIATHAN, MS; EAPEN, JT; MATHEWS, CKThe leaves of coconut palms affected by root (wilt) in Kerala showed lower level of magnesium and higher concentration of cerium in significant contrast to control samples from palms in Manavalakurichi and Bombay. The reciprocal relationship between magnesium and cerium in the diseased palms is similar to their relationship in the cardiac tissues of patients with endomyocardial fibrosis. A common geochemical basis for these two conditions warrants further study.Item THE LEVELS OF MAGNESIUM AND LANTHANIDES IN COCONUT ROOT (WILT)(CURRENT SCIENCE, 1993) VALIATHAN, MS; EAPEN, JT; MATHEWS, CK