Introduction: There is a growing interest in the study of sulfate minerals on the surface of Mars, supported by the discovery of jarosite at Meridiani Planum [1-3]. There is also the possibility of finding hydrous sulfate minerals in the permafrost, located at the polar regions. Sulfate minerals often precipitate in a variety of hydration states in the presence of liquid water. The spectra of s...

There are several dietary factors that are known to affect the bioavailability of iron such as protein, calcium, ascorbic acid, polyphenol and phytate. The aim of this study was to determine iron bioavailability from spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) in the presence of calcium, ascorbic acid (AA) and tannic acid (TA). The experiments were conducted using in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell culture s...

In the study, Reactive Black 5 (RB5) was removed from synthetic wastewater using Fenton's oxidation (FO) process. Batch experiments were conducted on the samples containing 50, 250 and 500 mg/L of RB5. The study was performed in the systematic optimum value of H2O2 and FeSO4 concentrations, pH and temperature. Optimum pH and temperature for 250 mg/L RB-5 were observed at 3.0 and 40°C respective...

In cells undergoing oxidative stress, DNA damage may result from attack by .OH radicals produced by the Fenton reaction, and/or by nucleases activated by nuclear calcium. In the present study, the participation of these two mechanisms was investigated in HeLa cells. Nuclear-targeted aequorin was used for selectively monitoring Ca2+ concentrations within the nuclei ([Ca2+]n), in conjunction with...

Part of the reduction in boar sperm motility and fertility associated with hypothermic liquid storage and cryopreservation may be due to membrane lipid peroxidation. Lipid peroxidation was monitored by the shift from red to green fluorescence emission of the lipophilic probe 4, 4-difluoro-5-(4-phenyl-1,3-butadienyl)-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene-3-undecanoic acid, C11BODIPY (BODIPY), as measure...

The rate of microbiological ring-expansion of penicillin N to deacetoxycephalosporin C using protoplast lysates of the antibiotic-negative mutant Cephalosporium acremonium M-0198 has been increased some 70-fold over that of our earlier system. We confirmed the stimulatory effects of FeSO4 and ascorbate described by Hook et al. (Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 87: 258, 1979); the optimum concentr...

Chromite ore processing residue (COPR), derived from the so-called high lime processing of chromite ore, contains high levels of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) and has a pH between 11 and 12. Ferrous sulfate, which is used for remediation of Cr(VI) contamination in wastewater and soils via reduction to Cr(III) and subsequent precipitation of iron(III)/chromium(III) hydroxide, has also been proposed for rem...

BACKGROUND Inhabitants of agrarian villages of rural Cambodia suffer from high prevalences of iron deficiency and anemia in the context of a monotonous diet. OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of placebo Khmer fish sauce to that of 10 mL of fish sauce containing 10 mg of iron, added to daily school meals either as NaFe-EDTA or as FeSO4+ citrate. METHODS 140 students aged 6-21 year...

Bacteriophages (phages) have been used for biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157 and other pathogenic bacteria in many different matrices and foods, but few studies have included inactivation of residual phages in culture medium before plating and enumeration of surviving host bacteria for the assessment of phage efficacy. This oversight may lead to overestimation of phage efficacy. The ability o...