The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of soluble serum transferrin receptor (TfR) concentration, TfR index and log TfR:ferritin ratio (TfR outcomes) in detecting tissue Fe deficiency among breast-feeding Otomi women residing in Capulhuac, Mexico (2800 m above sea level) and to determine whether folate deficiency modifies the interpretation of these data. Lactating women (n...

The title compound, [Fe(C(2)H(5)O)(C(36)H(44)N(4))], contains a five-coordinate iron-porphyrin complex with an axial eth-oxy ligand. The iron(III) atom is displaced by 0.504 (2) Å towards the eth-oxy ligand from the 24-atom mean plane of the porphyrin. The average Fe-N(p) distance is 2.078 (2) Å and the Fe-O distance is 1.8232 (18) Å. The eth-oxy C atoms are disordered in a 0.581 (12):0.419 (12...

The FeII/MgII line flux ratio has been used as an indicator of the Fe/Mg abundance in broad region (BLR) active galactic nuclei (AGNs). On basis archival rest-frame UV spectra obtained via Hubble Space Telescope and Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we investigate ratios type 1 AGNs at z < 2. Over wide dynamic ranges AGN properties (i.e., black hole mass, luminosity, Eddington ratio), confirm that stro...

Complexation reactions between methylthymol blue and Fe , A l ,Ga , 1n a nd TI ions have been studied in buffer aqueous solutions of pH 5.0 at 2S°C by a spectrophotometric technique. The conditional stepwise stability constants of the resulting 1:l and 1:2 (metal-to-ligand) complexes were determined from the absorbance-mole ratio data at three different wavelengths of the visible sp...

XMM-Newton observations of 19 galaxy clusters are used to measure the elemental abundances and their spatial distributions in the intracluster medium. The sample mainly consists of X-ray bright and relaxed clusters with a cD galaxy. Along with detailed Si, S and Fe radial abundance distributions within 300-700 kpc in radius, the O abundances are accurately derived in the central region of the c...

Nanoparticle-based magnetic resonance imaging T2 negative agents are of great interest, and much effort is devoted to increasing cell-loading capability while maintaining low cytotoxicity. Herein, two classes of mixed-ligand protected magnetic-responsive, bimetallic gold/iron nanoparticles (Au/Fe NPs) synthesized by a two-step method are presented. Their structure, surface composition, and magn...

Achillea tenuifolia Lam. (Asteraceae) afforded a dichloromethane fraction from which three known compounds β-sitosterol (compound1), 5-hydroxy, 4',6,7– trimethoxy flavone (salvigenin compound 2), and methyl-gallate (compound 3) were isolated for the first time. The structure of isolated compounds was elucidated by different spectroscopic methods. Applying the molar-ratio method, the complexat...

The sorption of Fe(II) and Fe(III) by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of acidophilic bacteria Acidiphilium 3.2Sup(5) and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, harvested from the ecosystem of the Tinto River (Huelva, Spain), was investigated. EPS from mixed cultures of both bacteria (EPS(mixed)) and pure cultures of A. 3.2Sup(5) (EPS(pure)) were extracted with ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid...

Nanoscale bimetallic Ni/Fe particles were synthesized from the reaction of sodium borohydride (NaBH4) with reduction of Ni2+ and Fe2+ in aqueous solution. The obtained Ni/Fe particles were characterized by TEM (transmission electron microscope), XRD (X-ray diffractometer), and N2-BET. The dechlorination activity of the Ni/Fe was investigated using p-chlorophenol (p-CP) as a probe agent. Results...