A microbore continuous-flow analyser was used to determine ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate in seawater. Ninety samples per hour were measured by optimizing the hydraulic conditions and using a cadmium coil for nitrate reduction. The analysis range was extended and the detection limit was reduced by using two analytical ranges with automatic range-changing. Interference from magnesium on...

The title dinuclear cadmium complex, [Cd(2)(NO(3))(4)(C(28)H(32)N(6))], is located on an inversion center. The unique Cd(II) ion displays a 5 + 2 coordination. A distorted square-pyramidal geometry is formed by the dipicolyl-amine group of the ligand via the N atoms in a meridional fashion and two O atoms of the nitrate ligands with short Cd-O distances. The coordination is completed by two loo...

In-house cocoa flour RMs instead of CRMs were prepared and checked for its homogeneity and stability. Due to CRMs limited availability in terms of matrices of concern and high production cost when making in-house cocoa flour, RMs are alternatively used for daily quality control in the laboratory. The analysis method for reliable checking of homogeneity and stability of cadmium content in the in...

catharanthus roseus is a medicinal and ornamental plant with growing attention toward its economical value. cell suspension from c. roseus were treated with 0 to 60mm of cadmium nitrate for 1, 3 and 6 days, then cell viability was determined using trypan blue and mtt assay. cell morphology was investigated using 0, 10, 30 and 50 mm of cadmium nitrate as selected dose for 3 days. callus of c.ros...

OBJECTIVES To describe levels of nitrate and trace elements in drinking water from the study areas of a multicase-control study of cancer in Spain (MCC-Spain). METHODS A total of 227 tap water samples were randomly collected from 67 municipalities in 11 provinces and the nine most frequently consumed bottled water brands were sampled to measure levels of nitrate, arsenic, nickel, chromium, ca...

Anthropogenic and industrial activities triggering an alteration on the natural cadmium nitrogen cycle are deliberated as one among most vital environmental concerns. Water quality index (WQI) skewness, nitrate was 8.37 ± 1.014 in dry season 3087.87 1.150 for wet season, but 0 1.559 zero all through sunny period. Equating results with World Health Organization (WHO) permissible limits, it disco...

Phytochelatins are the principal heavy metal-detoxifying components in plants. To investigate phytochelatin (PHC) production and the importance of these compounds for heavy metal tolerance, sunflower (Helianthus annuus) was exposed to cadmium. The leaves and roots of sunflower plants cultivated in the presence of 15, 25 and 50 M Cd(NO3)2 for 3 and 9 days showed increased tolerance to cadmium an...

Cadmium ions influence on the content of anthocyanins as non-plastid pigments and the activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (EC 4.3.1.24) as primary enzyme of their biosynthesis in two lettuce varieties (Lactuca sativa L.) with different anthocyanin content was investigated. The increases in anthocyanin content and enzymatic activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase of both lettuce plant variet...

A sequential injection system for the determination of nitrate (NO3 ) in vegetables was developed to automate this determination, allowing for substantially reduced reagent consumption and generated waste using low-cost equipment. After extraction with water and filtration, the extracted nitrate is reduced inline to nitrite in a copperized cadmium (Cd) column and determined as nitrite. Accordin...

The centrosymmetric title compound, [Cd(C(9)H(9)BrNO(2))(2)], was obtained by the reaction of 5-bromo-salicyl-aldehyde, 2-amino-ethanol and cadmium nitrate in ethanol. The Cd atom, located on an inversion centre, is hexa-coordinated by two Schiff base ligands in an octa-hedral coordination through the phenolate O atom, the imine N atom and the hy-droxy O atoms. In the crystal, mol-ecules are li...