The aim of the present work was to study the cadmium effects on growth, ultrastructure and polyphosphate metabolism, as well as to evaluate the metal removal and accumulation by Cunninghamella elegans (IFM 46109) growing in culture medium. The presence of cadmium reduced growth, and a longer lag phase was observed. However, the phosphate uptake from the culture medium increased 15% when compare...

Free floating aquatic macrophytes, Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza, were exposed to graded concentration of cadmium in a concentration range 1 to10 mg L for a period of one month to evaluate cadmium accumulation in the presence of EDTA. The EDTA was added at the rate of 1, 2 and 3 mg L separately and the experiment was conducted in triplicate. The water and plant samples were collected at f...

The accumulation of cadmium by the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.) is to some extent dependent upon the calcium concentration of the external medium. This effect is apparently independent of the overall salinity of the external medium and may at least partially explain previous reports of a 'salinity effect'. Haemolymph cadmium has a highly significant inverse relationship with the external cal...

BACKGROUND Cadmium is a heavy metal that causes oxidative stress and has toxic effects in humans. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of two probiotics along with a prebiotic in preventing the toxic effects of cadmium in rats. METHODS Twenty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups namely control, cadmium only, cadmium along with Lactobacillus plantarum ...

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal that can act as endocrine disruptor. Cadmium has the property to accumulate in several organs after entering the body and it principally accumulates in the adrenal glands. Although the uptake mechanisms for the cellular accumulation of Cd are unknown, the most common hypothesis states that Cd uptake involves competition with essential elements such as Ca or Zn for ...

We provide an update of the issues surrounding health risk assessment of exposure to cadmium in food. Bioavailability of ingested cadmium has been confirmed in studies of persons with elevated dietary exposure, and the findings have been strengthened by the substantial amounts of cadmium accumulated in kidneys, eyes, and other tissues and organs of environmentally exposed individuals. We hypoth...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The present study was conducted to investigate the renal tubular handling of inorganic cadmium (Cd(2+)) by exposing primary human tubular cell cultures to physiologically relevant doses of cadmium chloride (CdCl(2)). Furthermore, the cellular accumulation of Cd(2+) was compared to that of metallothionein-1-bound Cd (Cd7MT-1). Finally, this study aimed to investigate the effect o...

The major objective of this investigation was to evaluate the potential of scented geraniums, Pelargonium roseum, to uptake and accumulate heavy metals nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), or lead (Pb). For this, plants were grown in an artificial soil system and exposed to a range of metal concentrations over a 14-day treatment period. Then, metals from the entire biomass were extracted. The results sho...