Synthesis, structure and antioxidant activity of new cyclohexene-fused spiroselenuranes and a spirotellurane is reported. Oxidation reactions of bis(o-formylcyclohex- 1-ene)selenide/bis(2-hydroxymethylcyclohex-1-ene)selenide provide the corresponding spiroselenuranes. The glutathione peroxidase-like activity of the newly synthesized compounds has been evaluated.

Dense chalcogenides of Ga, In, and Tl have been extensively studied because of their intriguing stoichiometry and because many of them are semiconductors, photoconductors, or light emitters. On the other hand, while crystalline porous oxides have been known for a long time, the development of crystalline porous chalcogenides, especially selenides and tellurides, is still in its early stages. Co...

Selenophosphate synthetase, the Escherichia coli selD gene product, is a 37-kDa protein that catalyzes the synthesis of selenophosphate from ATP and selenide. In the absence of selenide, ATP is converted quantitatively to AMP and two orthophosphates in a very slow partial reaction. A monophosphorylated enzyme derivative containing the gamma-phosphoryl group of ATP has been implicated as an inte...

Dendrite-like cobalt selenide nanostructures were synthesized from cobalt and selenium powder precursors by a solvothermal method in anhydrous ethylenediamine. The as-prepared nanocrystalline cobalt selenide was found to possess peroxidase-like activity that could catalyze the reaction of peroxidase substrates in the presence of H2O2. A spectrophotometric method for uric acid (UA) determination...

The recent discovery of intercalated iron-selenide superconductors [1] has stirred up the condensed-matter community accustomed to the proximity of the superconducting and magnetic phases in various cuprate and pnictide superconductors. Never before has a superconducting state with a transition temperature as high as 30 K been found to coexist with such an exceptionally strong antiferromagnetis...

In vivo and in vitro evidence for detoxification of methylmercury (MeHg) as insoluble mercury selenide (HgSe) underlies the central paradigm that exposure is not or little hazardous when tissue Se molar excess (Se:Hg > 1). However, this hypothesis overlooks binding Hg to selenoproteins, which lowers amount bioavailable acts a reservoir MeHg, thereby underestimating toxicity mercury. This questi...

Administration of selenium in humans has anticarcinogenic effects. However, the boundary between cancer-protecting and toxic levels of selenium is extremely narrow. The mechanisms of selenium toxicity need to be fully understood. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, selenite in the millimolar range is well tolerated by cells. Here we show that the lethal dose of selenite is reduced to the micromolar ra...

Mesoporous silica metal oxide (ZnO and CdO) thin films have been used as metal ion precursors to produce the first examples of mesoporous silica metal sulfide (meso-SiO(2) @ZnS, meso-SiO(2) @CdS) or silica metal selenide (meso-SiO(2) @ZnSe, meso-SiO(2) @CdSe) thin films, in which the pore walls are made up of silica and metal sulfide or metal selenide nanoflakes, respectively. A gentle chemical...