In a previous investigation conducted in this laboratory (1) a starch polysaccharide, apparently identical with the watersoluble component of the common cereal and tuber starches, was isolated from the woody tissue of the apple tree (Malus malus). Thus it appears that starches of widely different origin may contain a common water-soluble polysaccharide. Through an application of the method (2) ...

In a previous investigation conducted in this laboratory (1) a starch polysaccharide, apparently identical with the watersoluble component of the common cereal and tuber starches, was isolated from the woody tissue of the apple tree (Malus malus). Thus it appears that starches of widely different origin may contain a common water-soluble polysaccharide. Through an application of the method (2) ...

CONTEXT The association between thyroid function during pregnancy and the later mental and psychomotor development of the child is supported by numerous experimental, clinical, and epidemiological studies. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the psychological development of infants aged 3 to 18 months whose mothers had received 300 microg of potassium iodide during the first trimes...

Activated carbon filter is the main equipment used to remove pollutants in ventilation system a nuclear power plant. Its function radioactive iodine minimize hazards against workers area. Periodic evaluation key step for verifying its operation effectiveness, further ensure safety and long-term operation. In this paper, by changing micropore structure surface chemical properties of activated ca...

Iodine (I) biofortification of vegetables by means of soil and foliar applications was investigated in field experiments on a sandy loam soil. Supply of iodine to the soil in trial plots fertilized with potassium iodide (KI) and potassium iodate directly before planting (0, 1.0, 2.5, 7.5, and 15 kg I ha(-1)) increased the iodine concentration in the edible plant parts. The highest iodine accumu...

To understand the influence of alkali elements on incorporation mechanisms and limit iodine in borosilicate glasses used for nuclear waste immobilization, series model with different contents (22 or 35 mol% Na2O, 22 a mixture alkalis: Na substituted by Li, K Cs) were loaded (from 1 000 to 10 ppm at. under form iodide) at 1100 °C. When was reached, iodide crystals observed (e.g., NaI). For overs...

The release of radioactive iodine (i.e., iodine-129 and iodine-131) from nuclear reprocessing facilities is a potential threat to human health. The fate and transport of iodine are determined primarily by its redox status, but processes that affect iodine oxidation states in the environment are poorly characterized. Given the difficulty in removing electrons from iodide (I(-)), naturally occurr...

Several studies have demonstrated that moderately high concentrations of molecular iodine (I(2)) diminish the symptoms of mammary fibrosis in women, reduce the occurrence of mammary cancer induced chemically in rats (50-70%), and have a clear antiproliferative and apoptotic effect in the human tumoral mammary cell line MCF-7. Nevertheless, the importance of these effects has been underestimated...

Endemic goiter is widely prevalent in the countries of Southeast Asia; the Himalayan endemic is one of the world's most extensive and severe endemics. It is accompanied in many areas of this region by endemic cretinism, deaf-mutism, and other developmental disorders and thus constitutes a significant health problem. For many years the etiology and pathogenesis of goiter in the Himalayas had rem...

Metallation of the N-arylated 2-pyridyl amine [HN(C6H3Pr(i)2-2,6)(2-C5H3N-6-Me)] (1) with potassium hydride in Et2O and THF yielded potassium amides [{KL(OEt2)}2] [L = N(C6H3Pr(i)2-2,6)(2-C5H3N-6-Me)] (2) and KL(THF)2 (3), respectively. Treatment of LnI2(THF)2 (Ln = Eu, Yb) with 2 afforded the corresponding Ln(II) amido complexes [EuL(μ-L)2K(THF)] (4) and [YbL2(THF)2] (5). In contrast, an analo...