nitrate is one of the major sources of nitrogen for the growth of plants. it is taken up by plant roots and transported to the leaves where it is reduced to nitrite in the. the main objective of this research was to investigate stimulatory effects of sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, ammonia and urea on the production/generation of the nitrate reductase mrna in triticum aestivum plants. the pl...

A Review on the Cadmium Content of Rice, Daily Cadmium Intake, and Accumulation in the Kidneys: Tomoyuki KAWADA, et al. Department of Public Health, Gunma University School of Medicine—The body burden of cadmium primarily depends on the daily intake of the element in food, and thus the geographical differences in cadmium content in foods and the daily intake of cadmium should be studied. There ...

BACKGROUND Adverse health effects of cadmium in adults are well documented, but little is known about the neuropsychological effects of cadmium in children, and no studies of cadmium and blood pressure in children have been conducted. OBJECTIVE We examined the potential effects of low-level cadmium exposure on intelligence quotient, neuropsychological functions, behavior, and blood pressure a...

Metals are one of five major categories of carcinogenic or toxic constituents in tobacco and tobacco smoke. Cadmium is highly volatile and a higher percentage of the total tobacco cadmium content is efficiently transferred to mainstream tobacco smoke than many other toxic metals in tobacco. Inhaled cadmium bioaccumulates in the lungs and is distributed beyond the lungs to other tissues, with a ...

Quality control is essential for any analysis in the laboratory. The objective of this study was to prepare in vivo cow control blood samples. The experiment was performed by feeding cows with a single dose of cadmium in the form of cadmium chloride, withdrawing the blood at an appropriate time to get the highest level of cadmium and detecting the level of cadmium in the blood. It was found tha...

Because of inherent genetic and physiological characteristics, the natural concentration of cadmium in the kernels of sunflowers grown in uncontaminated soils of the northern Great Plains region of the United States is higher than in most other grains. We tested the hypothesis that a habitual consumption of sunflower kernels will increase the body burden and health effects of cadmium in humans....

Cadmium is associated with industrial processes such as metal plating and the production of nickel-cadmium batteries, pigments, plastics and other synthetics. Cadmium is a potential environmental hazard. A cost effective technologies are needed to remove cadmium from the contaminated soil-water environment. Phytoremediation is a novel, cost effective and eco-friendly ‘green’ remediation technol...

PURPOSE Cadmium is a human lung carcinogen and possesses estrogen-like activity. This combination of carcinogenic and estrogenic activity makes cadmium a contaminant of high concern for hormone-related cancers. Diet and smoking are the main sources of cadmium exposure. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between dietary cadmium intake and risk of breast, endometrial and ova...