For the first time, a ternary tetragonal scheelite structure tungstate with strontium and cerium cations, (Sr,Ce)WO4, was synthesized. As much as 35% Ce could be inserted into the structure, leaving 1\over 7 of the (Sr,Ce) cation sites vacant. Partial ordering of Sr and Ce, with atomic displacements, were shown by high-resolution electron microscopy. Two-dimensional incommensurate modulations o...

We determined the quantum requirements for growth (1/ϕμ ) and fatty acid (FA) biosynthesis (1/ϕFA ) in the marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, grown in nutrient replete conditions with nitrate or ammonium as nitrogen sources, and under nitrogen limitation, achieved by transferring cells into nitrogen free medium or by inhibiting nitrate assimilation with tungstate. A treatment in which tu...

The increasing worldwide incidence of obesity and the limitations of current treatments raise the need for finding novel therapeutic approaches to treat this disease. The purpose of the current study was first to investigate the effects of tungstate on body weight and insulin sensitivity in a rat model of diet-induced obesity. Second, we aimed to gain insight into the molecular mechanisms under...

The ligand triethylenetetramine-N,N,N',N'',N''',N'''-hexaacetamide (ttham) was synthesized with the aim of forming lanthanide complexes suitable as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging applications utilizing the chemical exchange-dependent saturation transfer (CEST) effect. It was designed to exclude water molecules from the first coordination sphere and provide a high number of CEST ...

Tungstate was orally administered to 7.5-week-old male Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats that already showed moderate hyperglycemia (180 +/- 16 mg/dl). The animals became normoglycemic for approximately 10 days. Then, glycemia started to rise again, although it did not reach the initial values until day 24, when levels stabilized at approximately 200 mg/dl for the duration of the experiment. Unt...

A low protein diet (1, 2) removed about three-fourths of the xanthine oxidase from the entire rat (3), while a purified diet containing tungstate reduced the tissue xanthine oxidase to a level at which it could not, be detected manometrically (4) ; neither of these dietary procedures had any effect on the uric acid or allantoin excretion by this species. Chicks fed a tungstate-containing diet e...

An efficient four-component synthesis of benzopyranopyridines is described by one-pot condensation of salicylaldehydes, thiols and 2 equiv of malononitrile with nano-PbWO4 as a robust and reusableheterogeneous catalyst under ultrasonic irradiation. Lead tungstate (PbWO4) nanostructures have been synthesized via a sonochemical method based on the reaction between l...