The use of electrodialysis to remove cadmium from water has been shown to be feasible for a wide range of conditions. As much as three orders of magnitude reduction in the concentration of cadmium was observed for the feed with the concentrate stream from the process containing cadmium concentrations greater than 100,OOO ppm. The effect of cadmium concentration, pH, and added sodium chloride co...

Compounds of lead and cadmium have been shown to be carcinogenic to humans and experimental animals. However, the underlying mechanisms are still not understood. In mammalian cells in culture, lead(II) is weakly mutagenic after long incubation times and generates DNA strand breaks only after treatment with high, toxic doses. Cadmium(II) induces DNA strand breaks and chromosomal aberrations, but...

Relationships between urinary cadmium levels and blood pressure were examined in a sample of 951 adult men and women who participated in the Second National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES II). Among all participants, positive relationships were seen between urinary cadmium levels and both systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p less than 0.05 and p less than 0.01, respective...

in this study, the removal of cd(ii) from aqueous solutions have been carried out using populusnigra saw dust as low-cost, readily available biosorbent. various physico-chemical parameters such as ph, initial metal ion concentration, and adsorbent dosage level and contact time were studied at room temperature to optimize the conditions for maximum adsorption. the central composite design was ca...

In many neurodegenerative disorders, aggregates of ubiquitinated proteins are detected in neuronal inclusions, but their role in neurodegeneration remains to be defined. To identify intracellular mechanisms associated with the appearance of ubiquitin-protein aggregates, mouse neuronal HT4 cells were treated with cadmium. This heavy metal is a potent cell poison that mediates oxidative stress an...

Cadmium is one among the most environmental pollutants that affects many organs like kidney, liver and testis. The present study was aimed to assess the simultaneous effects of black tea extracts (BTE) on cadmium chloride induced alterations in lipid profile and liver histology. Adult rats were divided into four groups (n=6/group), group I (normal saline), group II (CdCl2, 1.0 mg/kg, b.wt; i.p)...

A new thiosemicarbazone (LH2) derived from indole-7-carbaldehyde was synthesized and reacted with Zn(II), Cd(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) salts. The reactions with zinc and cadmium salts in 2 : 1 (ligand-metal) molar ratio afforded complexes of the type MX2(LH2)2, (X = Cl, Br or OAc), in which the thiosemicarbazone acts as a neutral S-monodentate ligand. In the presence of potassium hydroxide, the re...

A target sequence-specific DNA binding region of the restriction endonuclease Sso II was identified by photocross-linking with an oligodeoxynucleotide duplex which was substituted with 5-iododeoxy-uridine (5-IdU) at the central position of the Sso II recognition site (CCNGG). For this purpose the Sso II-DNA complex was irradiated with a helium/cadmium laser (325 nm). The cross-linking yield obt...