Studies on Mercury Compounds of Dibromofluorescein. III

Fish consumption limit for mercury compounds

Background and objectives: Methyl mercury can carry out harmful effects on the reproductive, respiratory, and nervous system of human. Moreover, mercury is known as the most toxic heavy metal in nature. Fish and seafood consumption is the major MeHg exposure route for human. The present study tries to cover researches which have been conducted on mercury levels in 21 species of fish from Persia...

Studies on structure-diuretic activity relationships of organic compounds of mercury.

According to Friedman ( 1 ), the nature of the X substituent (usually halogen, theophylline or thioglycolate) has no effect on diuretic potency if the compound is given intravenously, but does influence both hyperacute (cardiac and respiratory arrest) and acute (7 to 14-day) renal toxicity. The nature of the OY group is determined by the solvent in which the mercuration is carried out and is an...

Mercury and its Compounds

In May, 1956 a conference was held at the New York Academy of Sciences on the subject "Anesthesia and Related Problems." The results of this conference are now presented in a series of 15 papers. On the whole these papers are characterized by an academic and objective approach to many of the clinical problems relating to anesthesia but because of their fundamental nature some of them can also b...

Studies on uric acid and related compounds. III. Observations on the specificity of mammalian xanthine oxidases.

Xanthine oxidase (X0) has been thoroughly studied by many investigators and the range of possible substrates of this enzyme is well known (1, 2). In the early experiments, enzymatic activity was measured by decolorization of a suitable dyestuff such as methylene blue or by oxygen consumption. Therefore, the exact pathway of oxidation remained unknown for many substrates. The spectrophotometric ...

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