Pentavalent arsenic can bind to biomolecules.

Using Generation 3 Polyamidoamine Dendrimer as Adsorbent for the Removal of Pentavalent Arsenic from Aqueous Solutions

Introduction: Arsenic is known as a carcinogenic compound in drinking water. It can cause acute and chronic effects on human health. In this study, the effect of polyamidoamine dendrimer generation 3 (PAMAM G3) as adsorbents for removal of arsenic (V) from aqueous solutions was evaluated. Materials and Methods: Adsorption experiment was studied in batch system and the effect of different varia...

Traditional and Alternative Technologies for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Waters

Arsenic contamination in drinking waters has been a serious public health concern due to both carcinogenic and other health effects. The main sources of human exposure to arsenic are the drinking waters. Arsenic can cause chronic illness and death, even at low levels of arsenic concentration in drinking waters. There are many technologies available for removal of arsenic from contaminated drink...

Can arsenates replace phosphates in natural biochemical processes? A computational study.

A bacterial strain, GFAJ-1 was recently proposed to be substituting arsenic for phosphorus to sustain its growth. We have performed theoretical calculations for analyzing this controversial hypothesis by examining the addition of phosphate to ribose and glucose. Dispersion corrected Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations in small molecules and QM/MM calculations on clusters derived from c...

Cryptic exposure to arsenic.

Arsenic is an odorless, colorless and tasteless element long linked with effects on the skin and viscera. Exposure to it may be cryptic. Although human intake can occur from four forms, elemental, inorganic (trivalent and pentavalent arsenic) and organic arsenic, the trivalent inorganic arsenicals constitute the major human hazard. Arsenic usually reaches the skin from occupational, therapeutic...

The quantitative separation of trivalent from pentavalent arsenic derivatives on the micro scale.