Precursors of lanthanum oxide and of (3La2O3, 5Ga2O3, SiO2) system were first elaborated then thermally decomposed into polycrystalline lanthanum oxide and langasite La3Ga5SiO14. The as prepared lanthanum oxide powder was then hydrated and carbonated to give hydroxicarbonates: thermal decomposition of these complex system La2O3-X(OH)y(CO3)z was studied by Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy...

The effects of lanthanum on the resting membrane potential, action potential, membrane resistance, twitch tension, and potassium contracture were investigated and the localization of the drug was studied electron microscopically in isolated frog ventricular muscle. Lanthanum in concentration of 0.2 to 5 mM decreased the resting potential by about 5-8 mV, which was accompanied by an increase in ...

Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) appears to cause intestinal fluid secretion by activating intestinal particulate guanylate cyclase. Recent studies suggest that chlorpromazine and quinacrine reduce the intestinal secretory response to ST and activation of guanylate cyclase by ST. We have examined the effects of lanthanum chloride, another agent that has been shown to inhibit calciu...

BACKGROUND Control of serum phosphate over the long term is essential in patients with end-stage renal disease. Six-month and 2-year extensions to a 6-month study evaluated the long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of the new phosphate binder lanthanum carbonate. METHODS Patients who participated in a 6-month, randomized trial comparing lanthanum carbonate with calcium carbonate were el...

This work reports on the nanoscale assembly of hybrid lanthanum oxide and silica structures, which form patterns of interfacial dense and porous networks. It was found that increasing the molar ratio of lanthanum nitrate to tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) in an acid catalysed sol-gel process alters the expected microporous metal oxide silica structure to a predominantly mesoporous structure abo...

0009-2614/$ see front matter 2010 Published by doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2010.05.037 * Corresponding author. Address: Department of C fornia, D31 Hildebrand, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, US E-mail address: saykally@berkeley.edu (R.J. Saykal X-ray absorption spectra of 1 M aqueous solutions of indium(III) chloride, yttrium(III) bromide, lanthanum(III) chloride, tin(IV) chloride and chromium(III) chloride...