It is well known that soluble chromates, when added to blood in vitro or in vivo, hardly interact with the plasma components and easily penetrate the erythrocytes, and that reduction to the trivalent species follows.1-3) However, in vitro reduction of chromium(VI) in human4) and rat5) plasma has been observed. Some problems of the fate of chromium(VI) in blood, especially in vivo remain unsolve...

To make use of nano-sized particles for biomedical applications such nanomedicines for different diseases, it is important to study how nanoparticles behave when they interact with microorganisms. In the present study, we investigated the antibacterial performance of chromium oxide nanoparticles (Cr3O4 NPs) against two gram negative bacterial strains, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginos...

BACKGROUND Metal alloys utilized in the management of jaw fractures may exert genotoxic effects. Our purpose was to compare the genotoxicity of intermaxillary fixation devices containing nickel and chromium to that of titanium miniplates utilized in treatment of jaw fractures through the analysis of sister chromatid exchange. METHODS In this prospective study, in a total of 28 non-smoker pati...

In this work the possibility of simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of chromium (VI) and iron (III) in alloys with help of the mixed organic reagents (diphenylcarbazide and 1,10-phenanthroline, diphenylcarbazide and sulphosalicylic acid) is studied. We have applied curve fitting method to separate individual signals of chromium (VI) and iron (III) from overlapped absorption spectrum. ...

A novel radio frequency magnetron sputtering method for the deposition of composite films which consist of chromium oxide and chromium ~Cr2O3/Cr-cermet! is presented. As an extension to conventional reactive sputtering of a Cr target in an argon and oxygen atmosphere the oxygen flow into the process chamber is switched periodically on and off. This leads to an oscillating oxygen partial pressur...

The chromium-release assay developed in 1968 is still the most commonly used method to measure cytotoxicity by T cells and by natural killer cells. Target cells are loaded in vitro with radioactive chromium and lysis is determined by measuring chromium in the supernatant released by dying cells. Since then, alternative methods have been developed using different markers of target cell viability...

The general method for synthesis the eta(6)-(arene)-triscarbonyl-chromium(0) complexes was modified and applied for preparation of eta(6)-(anisole)-triscarbonyl-chromium(0) and the study of its analgesic activity was undertaken. A significant analgesic activity was observed after intraperitoneal injection, in Wistar rats. Two doses (30 and 50 mg/Kg of the body weight) of eta(6)-(anisole)- trisc...

Hexavalent chromium is a bio accumulative toxic metal in water and fish. It enters aquaculture ponds mainly through anthropogenic sources. Hexavalent chromium concentrations and its effects on the morphology and behavior of Clarias gariepinus were investigated from four aquaculture ponds for 12 weeks. Chromium was measured using diphenyl carbohdrazide method; alkalinity and hardness were measur...