A classification of kinetics of metalloporphyrin formation is presented according to the composition of the activated complex involved in the reaction. In the reaction of large metal ions, such as mercury(II) and cadmium(II) with porphyrins, these metal ions can not fit into the porphyrin nucleus and they are out—of-plane in the metalloporphyrin. In this case the reaction is relatively fast and...

The determination of mercury(II) ions at the trace level by inhibition of the invertase enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose coupled to electrochemical batch injection analysis was investigated using two approaches. In the first, the glucose produced was detected by injection of 100 microliters samples into the batch injection cell containing a platinum electrode mod...

Most of the mercury contamination in lakes and streams of nonindustrialized regions of the United States and Canada is derived from atmospheric deposition. In order to determine the regional patterns of these inputs, seven mercury-in-precipitation monitoring sites were established in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Michigan. A 3-year study showed that the magnitude of mercury deposition was domina...

In the present study, an efficient mercury-tolerant bacterial strain (RS-5) was isolated from heavy-metalcontaminated industrial effluent. Under shake flask conditions, 97% of the supplemented mercuric chloride was sequestered by the biomass of RS-5 grown in a tryptone soy broth. The sequestered mercuric ions were transformed inside the bacterial cells, as an XRD analysis of the biomass confirm...

in this work, all-solid-state potentiometric pvc membrane sensor was introduced for fast andsimple monitoring of mercury ions in waste water samples. the all solid sate electrode is made based on aconductive composite of graphite, reduced graphene oxide, epoxy resin on a copper wire. a thin layer pvcmembrane is then coated on the surface of the new conducting transducer. pvc membrane is compose...

A simple and reliable fluorescent DNA logic gate is developed by utilizing graphene oxide as a signal transducer and mercury ions and iodide as mechanical activators.

background: some of metal ions as environmental pollutants show estrogenic activity. this xenostrogenic compounds can be caused carcinogenicity in organs. the mechanism of carcinogenicity of metal ions is not clarified. objectives: in this study, we investigated the transcriptional effects of variety of metal ions on the bovine oxytocin and the thymidine kinase-ere promoter by estrogen receptor...

A highly sensitive and simple method was developed for the simultaneous determination of trace cadmium and mercury in tobacco samples by cold vapor generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry equipped with an intermittent flow reactor. The reaction was accomplished with potassium tetrahydroborate(III) in aqueous solutions. A newly modified atomizer was presented on the basis of the present atom...

Clinical chelation therapy of mercury poisoning generally uses one or both of two drugs--meso-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) and dimercaptopropanesulfonic acid (DMPS), commercially sold as Chemet and Dimaval, respectively. We have used a combination of mercury L(III)-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations to investigate the chemistry of interaction of merc...

Photoswitching of bis(dithiazole)ethene can be regulated by Hg(II) ions and EDTA in a "lock-and-unlock" manner. The molecular photoswitch provides an enzyme-like binding pocket that selectively binds specifically to mercury ions, thus modulating the degree of photoswitching in its presence.