Optimum conditions for the determination of lanthanum at sub μg level have been developed employing differential pulse polarography. A detection limit of 0.5μg/ml has been achieved. The method successfully been applied for analysis of lanthanum in industrial wastes.

The permeability of blood capillaries associated with small granule-containing (SGC) cells in rat superior cervical ganglia was investigated at ultrastructural level by employing ionic lanthanum as an electron dense tracer. In rat superior cervical ganglia, the majority of blood capillaries were nonfenestrated. Both fenestrated and nonfenestrated capillaries were observed in the area associated...

Ionic lanthanum has been used to study transepithelial ion permeation in in vitro rabbit gallbladder and intestine (ileum) by adding 1 mM La(3+) to only the mucosal bathing solution. Transepithelial fluid transport electrical potential differences (p.d.), and resistances were measured. During La(3+) treatment the gallbladder's rate of active solute-coupled fluid transport remained constant, the...

BACKGROUND High levels of circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) are associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and high mortality. In the Phosphate Reduction Evaluation of FGF23 in Early CKD Treatment (PREFECT) study, we assessed the effect of reducing intestinal phosphate absorption using lanthanum carbonate on FGF23 levels in normophosphatemic patients with CKD stage 3...

Phosalone, malathion and diazinon were analyzed in corn oil using solid phase extraction (SPE)with lanthanum silicate as a new solid sorbent followed by gas chromatography with nitrogenphosphorus detection (GC-NPD). The efficiency of different eluents (methanol, dichloromethane,ethyl acetate, dichloromethane — ethyl acetate (1:1) and ethyl acetate — methanol (1:1)) werecompared for elution of o...

Concern over the enrichment of agricultural runoff with phosphorus (P) from land applied livestock manures has prompted the development of manure amendments that minimize P solubility. In this study, we amended poultry, dairy, and swine manures with two rare earth chlorides, lanthanum chloride (LaCl(3).7H(2)O) and ytterbium chloride (YbCl(3).6H(2)O), to evaluate their effects on P solubility in...

The role of regucalcin, a regulatory protein in intracellular signaling system, in the regulation of Ca2+-ATPase activity in rat heart mitochondria was investigated. Mitochondrial Ca2+-ATPase activity was significantly increased by increasing concentrations of CaCl2 (2.5-50 microM). An increase in the enzyme activity was saturated at 50 microM CaCl2. The addition of regucalcin (10(-11)-10(-8) M...

The aim of this study was to investigate changes in hemichannel activity during in vitro simulated ischemia [oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)] and the contribution of hemichannels to ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes. Dye uptake assays showed that hemichannels opened as OGD progressed, peaking after 1 h, and then closed, returning to the pre-OGD state after 2 h of OGD. ...

A screening of amorphous, heptahydrate, and tetrahydrate forms disodium guanosine 5′-monophosphate is investigated using an antisolvent crystallization process with the aim to selectively produce each solid form. The concentrations solution are monitored by in situ Raman spectroscopy a calibration tool. Particle sizes particle counts measured elapsed time focal beam reflection measurement. Conc...