In previous work, retronasal smell was an important cue for perceiving metallic sensations from ferrous sulfate (FeSO4). The purpose of this study was to examine whether FeSO4 produced oral sensations as well as retronasal cues and whether astringency contributed to the oral sensations. In the first study, discrimination of FeSO4 from water was confirmed at concentrations at or above 5 mM witho...

The results of ultrastructural studies and transmission electron microscope microanalysis of two Scenedesmus strains experimentally exposed to copper sulfate are presented. A fine-structural examination of the cells revealed the presence of nuclear inclusions in the form of central dense-core complexes. Cytoplasmic structures resembling the intranuclear inclusions were occasionally found in the...

In this work, we report synthesis and characterization of copper nanoparticles in polymer matrix by wet-chemical reduction method using ascorbic acid as reducing agent, copper (II) sulfate as metal precursor and polyvinylpyrrolidone k-30 (PVP K-30) as surfactant agent. The reaction was carried out in a high-speed stirring mixture at room temperature under nitrogen atmosphere. Characterization o...

Adsorption of sulfate assists Cu monolayer underpotential deposition (upd) on Au(111) in a unique way, rendering two distinct structural stages: (i) formation of a low-density Cu phase at coverage of 2/3 ML known as the ffiffiffi 3 p ffiffiffi 3 p R30 or honeycomb phase; (ii) formation of a complete monolayer, i.e., Cu-(1 · 1) phase pseudomorphic with respect to underlying Au(111) substrate. In...

Atheromatous plaques contain heavily lipid-loaded macrophages that die, hence generating the necrotic core of these plaques. Since plaque instability and rupture is often correlated with a large necrotic core, it is important to understand the mechanisms underlying foam cell death. Furthermore, macrophages within the plaque are associated with hypoxic areas but little is known about the effect ...

Copper sulfate is a frequently used reagent for Microcystis blooms control but almost all the previous works have used Microcystis aeruginosa as the target organism to determine dosages. The aim of this study was to evaluate interspecific differences in the responses of various Microcystis species to varying Cu2+ concentrations (0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, and 0.50 mg L-1). The half maximal effective ...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Cu(C(6)H(15)NO(3))(H(2)O)(2)]SO(4)·H(2)O, contains a complex cation, a sulfate anion and one uncoordinated water mol-ecule. In the complex cation, the Cu(II) ion is coordinated by five O atoms (three of which are from the triethano-lamine ligand and two from coordinated water mol-ecules) and one N atom of the triethano-lamine ligand in a typical Jahn-...