Effects are examined of chronic exposure to cadmium sulfate(5, 1, 0.5 and 0.1 mg Cd 1-l) on gametogenesis of mature sea urchins Strongylocentrotus intermedius, and on the development of their offspring. Embryogenesis in uncontaminated sea water (33 %O S) was observed up to the early pluteus. At 5 mg Cd I-', test animals died within several h; at 1 mg Cd 1-l within several d; at 0.5 mg Cd I-' wi...

DNA/RNA Description DNA contains 27.322 kb composed of 20 coding exons. Exons 1-2 encode the 5' untranslated region and the signal peptide, exons 3-7 the five EGF domains, exons 8-13 the extracellular stalk, exons 14-18 the seven-span transmembrane (TM7) domains and exons 19-20 the intracellular part and the 3' untranslated region. Transcription 3247 bp mRNA transcribed in telomeric to centrome...

The potential of Arundo donax L. for phytoextraction of cadmium (Cd) from contaminated soil and water was probed. The plants were grown under greenhouse conditions in pots containing a nutrient solution or soil with increasing doses of Cd (0, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 μg L(-1)) for 21 days. The growth and physiology of plants were evaluated at the end of the experiment. The maximum Cd co...

the present pot experiment was undertaken to investigate the phytoremediation potential of corn and oat in soil. treatments consisted of four cadmium (cd) levels (0, 5, 10 and 20 mg l 1) and three irrigation intervals (1, 3 and 7 days), arranged in the form of a complete randomized design with three replications. corn and oat were harvested after 75 and 90 days, respectively. transpiration rate...

A pot trial was conducted with 52 rice cultivars of different types collected from different origins. The results showed that there were great differences in Cd concentrations in straw, brown rice and grain chaff among the rice cultivars grown in a soil containing a Cd concentration of 100 mg kg−1; the Cd concentrations in brown rice ranged from 0.22 to 2.86 mg kg−1. The great genotypic differe...

The matrix φ(cd) diag (cl)φ(cd) and hence the expectation ∫ φ(cd) diag (cl)φ(cd)dq(cd) is positive semidefinite for any adversary’s strategy φ(cd). Thus, all eigenvalues λi ≥ 0 are non-negative. The corresponding eigenvectors are additionally eigenvectors of Im + ∫ φ(cd) diag (cl)φ(cd)dq(cd) with eigenvalues 1 + λi > 0. Thus, the inverse matrix exists independently of the choice of φ. This prov...

The objectives of the study were to determine the physiological and toxicological effects of chronic cadmium exposure on juvenile rainbow trout in soft water. Particular attention focused on acclimation, on comparison to an earlier hard water study, and on whether a gill surface binding model, originally developed in dilute soft water, could be applied in this water quality to fish chronically ...

In the present study, cadmium (Cd) accumulation capabilities of aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum, Bacopa monnieri and Rotala rotundifolia were determined after treating both individual and triple macrophytes. The macrophytes were treated with Cd at 0, 0.1, 1 and 10 mg/L concentrations in a controlled chamber for 12-days. Cadmium accumulations increased with increasing Cd concentration...

Cyclodextrins (CD), produced from enzymatic degradation of starch, are a form of biorenewable cyclic oligosaccharide which has an outstanding capability to form inclusion complexes with a variety of molecules including pollutants due to their toroid-shaped molecular structure. In this study, by a simple reprecipitation method, we obtained “channel-type” packing from γ-CD where CD molecules are ...

The seedling development and physiological responses of Iris pseudacorus L. to Pb and Cd and their combination were studied for 28 days liquid culture and sub-cellular localization of Pb and Cd in the root tip cells treated with 2,070 mg L(-1) Pb and 1,000 mg L(-1)Cd for 16 days sand culture was evaluated. Results showed that the dry weights (DWs) of shoots and roots of I. pseudacorus were sign...