fe2+ ion-selective membrane sensor has been fabricated from polyvinyl chloride (pvc) matrixmembrane containing neutral carrier tetra phenyl porphyrin (tpp) ionophore. the addition ofsodium tetraphenylborate (natpb) and the plasticizer dbp has been found to substantiallyimprove the performance of the sensor. the best performance was obtained with the sensor havinga membrane of composition of tpp...

Geometrical frustration of the Fe ions in LuFe2O4 leads to intricate charge and magnetic order and a strong magnetoelectric coupling. Using resonant x-ray diffraction at the Fe K edge, the anomalous scattering factors of both Fe sites are deduced from the (h/3 k/3 l/2) reflections. The chemical shift between the two types of Fe ions equals 4.0(1) eV corresponding to full charge separation into ...

introduction             wastewater treatment using activated sludge process (asp) produces huge amounts of sludge that must be treated by efficient methods. wastewater sludge handling is one of the most important economic-technical challenges of wastewater treatment projects. conventional methods for this purpose are very time consuming, expensive and in lots of cases have limited success. in ...

Cations have generally been reported to prevent jellyfish venom-induced hemolysis through multiple mechanisms by spectrophotometry. Little attention has been paid to the potential interaction between cations and hemoglobin, potentially influencing the antagonistic effect of cations. Here, we explored the effects of five reported cations, La3+, Mn2+, Zn2+, Cu2+ and Fe2+, on a hemolytic test syst...

Ferritin has a high capacity as an iron store, incorporating some 4500 iron atoms as a microcrystalline ferric oxide hydrate. Starting from apoferritin, or ferritin of low iron content, Fe2+ and an oxidizing agent, the uptake of iron can be recorded spectrophotometrically. Progress curves were obtained and the reconstituted ferritin was shown by several physical methods to be similar to natural...

As a variety of eukaryotic cells age, the specific activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Glu-6-PDH) declines as much as 50%. Because of the central role of this enzyme in metabolism, it is important to define factors responsible for this loss in enzyme activity. We report that Glu-6-PDH from Leuconostoc mesenteroides is rapidly inactivated by micromolar concentrations of Fe2+ and H2O2....

BACKGROUND In diabetes, protein function is altered by glycation, but the impact on the Fe3+ binding and antioxidant functions of transferrin (Tf) is largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of glycation on the distribution of Fe3+ on the two Fe3+ -binding sites of Tf. METHODS In vitro glycation of Tf was accomplished by preincubation with glucose for 14 da...