In the ongoing investigation into the biological importance and toxicity issues surrounding the bioinorganic chemistry of chromium, the accepted literature procedure for the isolation of the biological form of chromium, low molecular weight chromium binding protein (LMWCr) or chromodulin, was investigated for its specificity. When chromium(VI) is added to bovine liver homogenate, results presen...

Soil pollution is increasing day by day resulting in poor crop stand along with health hazards of human beings and animals. Major sources of soil pollution are: industrial effluents, sewage sludge, fertilizers and pesticides application, etc. Agricultural recycling of waste is growing too, and can be very worthwhile in both economic and agronomic terms, but it is crucial to minimize its environ...

Removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution was studied using charred pomegranate fruit waste [CPW] as a new low cost biosorbent under batch method at room temperature. Its efficiency for removal of Cr(VI) was compared with raw pomegranate fruit waste[RPW]. Various sorption parameters such as contact time, initial concentration of Cr(VI) ion and effect of pH on the adsorption capacity of the biosor...

Workers of tanneries, welding industries, factories manufacturing chromate containing paints are exposed to hexavalent chromium that increases the risk of developing serious adverse health effects. This review elucidates the mode of action of hexavalent chromium on blood and its adverse effects. Both leukocyte and erythrocyte counts of blood sharply decreased in Swiss mice after two weeks of in...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the binding strength of chromium (Cr) ions to aquatic macrophyte Callitriche cophocarpa. Shoots of the plants were incubated in a natural water solution containing Cr(III) or Cr(VI) at a concentration ranging from 0.5 to 4 mM under laboratory conditions. We found that C. cophocarpa has an extremely high capacity to bind Cr. The average level of ac...

chromium(III) up to 100 ng mL−1, and for chromium(VI) up to 200 ng mL−1) were obtained, using the “fixed time” method with detection limits of 4.9 ng mL−1 and 3.8 ng mL−1, respectively. The results suggest that at the reaction conditions chromium(VI) is reduced and chromium(III) is oxidized to an intermediate oxidation state and the catalytic action of chromium is due to the formation of an act...

in this research, chitosan was used for the removal of cr (vi) ions from aqueous solution. the effect of parameters like solution ph, initial cr (vi) concentration, agitation time, amount of adsorbent and agitation speed on the adsorption process was studied. the experimental equilibrium data were analyzed by using various models such as langmuir and freundlich. freundlich isotherm model fitted...

The present study was an attempt to explore the efficiency of indigenous bacterium isolated from the effluent of Electroplating Industry in transforming hexavalent chromium into trivalent chromium. The isolated bacterium was characterized on the basis of its morphological, biochemical and physiological properties as Salmonella sp.S4. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) based on a three-level thr...

In this research, the batch removal of toxic hexavalent chromium ions from wastewater and aqueous solution using dried (BD) Sargassum sp. (brown marine algae) and Activated Carbon (AC) prepared from it was examined. Biomass, pH and the initial concentration of Cr(VI), adsorption models and kinetic studies were investigated. The experiment was performed in a batch system and theeffe...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE The occupational and non-occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium Cr (VI) is common. The effect of chromium compromises the immune response of the host. Dengue virus (DV) infection causes various changes in the peripheral blood cells. It is, therefore, possible that the chromium toxicity may affect the disease process during DV infection. The present study aims to stu...