Cadmium taken up from lung and gastrointestinal tract is transported via blood to liver and kidney. On long-term exposure to cadmium, renal tubular dysfunction develops in humans and experimental animals. Data from animal experiments demonstrate that initially after exposure cadmium in blood is bound to albumin and proteins with higher molecular weight. Such cadmium is mainly taken up in liver....

The incidence of serious poisoning caused by occupational cadmium exposure has declined over the past four decades due to improvements in the work environment. However, long-term low-level exposure to cadmium needs to be addressed. For workers in industries that handle cadmium, it is necessary to consider the daily cadmium intake from contaminated foods such as cereals and rice in addition to t...

This study deals with the removal of cadmium (II) from cadmium plating wast water by chemical precipitation in shape of white crystalline precipitate, using oxalic acid o,5M as chemical reagent.It was studied the influence of pH, dose of reagent, temperature and also the influenceof initial concentration of cadmium cation.The efficiency of process was expressed in percentage for all the experim...

Environmental pollution especially with heavy metals poses serious problem on product synthesis of medicinal plants cultivated in the field. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to assess in vitro effects of cadmium as abiotic elicitor on phytoestrogens production by Psoralea corylifolia hairy roots. Transformed hairy roots were developed by genetic transformation using Agrobacterium rhiz...

Renal damage due to an accumulation of the metal is an important factor in chronic cadmium poisoning. Absorbed cadmium from the intestine contributes to the accumulation of cadmium in the kidney of normal individuals who are free from other occupational exposures to the metal. Thus, information about intestinal cadmium absorption is important for our understanding of chronic cadmium poisoning. ...

Our investigation was centered on a possible relationship between the toxicity of cadmium and changes in its chemical forms in tissues. Two models have been studied: one is the renal damage induced by a single injection of cadmium-containing metallothionein and the other is the renal damage induced by repeated injections of cadmium salt. Parenteral loading of cadmium-containing metallothionein ...