Cadmium Chloride is a well known teratogen compared to other metals. Cadmium affects placental function, may cross the placental barrier and modify fetal development. In this study, 12 female wistar albino rats weighted between 180-200gr were used. They were divided into two groups as experimental and control groups each comprising 6 female animals. 2mg/kg/day cadmium chloride dissolved in 1ml ...

Potassium M currents play a role in stabilizing the resting membrane potential. These currents have previously been identified in several cell types, including sensory receptors. Given that maintaining membrane excitability is important for mechano-electrical transduction in the inner ear, the presence of M currents was investigated in outer hair cells isolated from the guinea pig hearing organ...

1. The "chloride space" in frog skin was determined and found to be 69.7 per cent by weight of wet skin. The chloride space occupies about 94 per cent of the total water space of skin. From this and other information, it appears that the "non-chloride space" measures only a part of the space occupied by the structural elements of skin. This space is referred to here as the intracellular compart...

Cadmium (Cd) ) may accumulate in soils which have been regularly fertilized with phosphate fertilizers which contain Cd originating in rock phosphate. Soil was taken from three sites in the wheatbelt of Western Australia which were estimated to have received different amounts of phosphate fertilizer over the past decade. The pH was adjusted with dilute HCl or CaC03. No Cd was added experimental...

Starch is one of the most widely used biopolymers in water based drilling fluids to control fluid loss. The thermal stability of starch in common drilling fluids is low (93 °C). In this study, the thermal stability of starch has been evaluated in sodium/potassium formate and potassium chloride fluids. Samples of mud were prepared by formate salts (sodium and potassium) and potassium chloride wi...

The mechanism of cellular uptake of cadmium, a highly toxic metal ion, is not known. We have studied cadmium uptake and toxicity in an established secretory cell line, GH4C1, which has well characterized calcium channels. Nimodipine, an antagonist of voltage-sensitive calcium channels, protected cells against cadmium toxicity by increasing the LD50 for CdCl2 from 15 to 45 microM, whereas the ca...

The present study aimed to assess the protective role of selenium against cadmium induced hepatotoxicity. The rats were given subcutaneous doses of 1mg/Kg body weight of either normal saline or cadmium chloride or sodium selenite or cadmium chloride plus sodium selenite on alternate days for four weeks. The results showed that cadmium treatment increased hepatic levels of lipid peroxidation, DN...

Here, we present the draft genome of Haladaptatus sp. strain R4, a halophilic archaea that produces an orange-pink pigment and is capable of growing in a wide salinity range. The genome assembly shows genes for arsenic resistance, siderophore production, trehalose and glycine betaine biosynthesis, uptake and transporters of sodium, potassium, and chloride ions.

Nickel and cadmium are heavy metals with some hazards for plant metabolism. The impacts of nickel chloride (0, 400 and 800 μM) in the presence of vitamin B complex (0, 30 and 60 ml from pharmacy commercial stock) and the impacts of cadmium chloride (0, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 μl from 100 µM stock) in pot and cadmium nitrate (0, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 and 3200 μl from 100 µM stock) in ...

Diverse organismsuch as mammals and fishes exposure to noxious waste in the surroundings is a continuous routine active absorption propagation of contaminants humans through food chain. In order determine level toxicity across chain,this research was structured identify some biochemical alterations hepatic tissue rats fed cadmium, cyanide mixture cadmium contaminated catfish diet. Fish were ass...