Four methods of determining the concentration of mercury in human urine have been studied. A simple method suitable for general laboratory use is recommended and the requirements for accurate results are defined. The method employs mild oxidation with permanganate and HS(2)O(4) followed by dithizone extraction and measurement of absorbance at 485 nm and 620 nm.No mercury was detected in any of ...

Paneth cells are zinc-containing cells localized in small intestinal crypts, but their function has not been fully elucidated. Previously, we showed that an intravenous injection of diphenylthiocarbazone (dithizone), a zinc chelator, induced selective killing of Paneth cells, and purified a zinc-binding protein in Paneth cells. In the present study, we further characterized one of these protein...

Novel thiosemicarbazonato complexes of gold(III) have been prepared from reactions of [Au(damp-C1,N)Cl2(damp- = 2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl) or [NBu4][AuCl4] with 2-pyridineformamide thiosemicarbazones (HL). The thiosemicarbazones deprotonate and coordinate as mononegative, tridentate NNS ligands to gold to give [Au(Hdamp-C1)(L)]Cl2 or [AuCl(L)]Cl complexes. The organometallic damp- ligan...

cloud point extraction and spectrophotometric determination of trace quantities of cadmium in some vegetables have been developed. the research area for vegetables analysis was near to the zarin shahr where the soil received heavy metals from the esfahan steel company. cloud point extraction used dithizone as complexing agent and non ionic surfactant triton-x114 as micellar phase. several impor...

the aim of this work was to develop a selective cloud point extraction method for the separation and preconcentration of copper(ii) prior to spectrophotometric determination. for this purpose dithizone was used as a complexing agent and the experimental solution was acidified with sulfuric acid. triton x-114 was used as a surfactant and after phase separation, based on the cloud point of the mi...

With the development of leaching methods (Ketchum, Ferry, Redfield & Burns, 1945; Harris, 1945) for the study of anti-fouling compositions and the in~reased interest in the toxicity of copper and mercury to marine organisms, it has become desirable to have a moderately rapid method for the estimation of mercury in the presence of copper ions. Frequently, in these solutions, the copper is in lar...

Immunofluorescence studies and mixed Iymphocyte islet culture (MLlC) tests were performed using cryopreserved crude human islet preparations l and various HLAas well as cell type-specific monoclonal antibodies in order to (a) locate the potentially immunogenic cells and (b) demonstrate their functional relevance before and after antibody incubation. Microscopic evaluation of exocrine and endocr...