Aldose reductase (ALR2) has been implicated in the etiology of diabetic complications, including blindness. Because of the limited number of currently available drugs for the prevention of these long-term complications, the discovery of new ALR2 inhibitors appears highly desirable. In this study, a polybrominated diphenyl ether (1) naturally occurring in a marine sponge was found to inhibit rec...

A spectrophotometric study concerning the interactoin between iodine and bromine with tetrabutylammonium iodide (TBAI), tetrabutyl- ammonium bromide (TBABr) and cryptand 222 (C222) has been performed in dichloromethane solution at 25°C. The results are indicative of the formation of TBA+X3- and  C222X+X3-  t...

Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PBDDs) and dibenzofurans (PBDFs) occur as trace (ppb) contaminants in brominated flame retardants and are produced during combustion of these chemicals. They are also formed when organics are incinerated in the presence of bromine, e.g., in municipal and industrial incinerators and in internal-combustion engines. Combustion of organics in the presence of both b...

The dependence of relative response factors on the carbon atom number related to naphthalene has been investigated in homologous series by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Relative responses of some straight chain aliphatic n-alkanes and their halogenated derivatives (chlorine, bromine and iodine) were compared in the experiments. Linear correlations were found between the molecular ...

Bromine is one of the most abundant and ubiquitous trace elements in the biosphere and until recently had not been shown to perform any essential biological function in animals. A recent study demonstrated that bromine is required as a cofactor for peroxidasin-catalysed formation of sulfilimine crosslinks in Drosophila. In addition, bromine dietary deficiency is lethal in Drosophila, whereas br...

Bromine has a strong resource dependence. With the sharp decline of total amount and grade traditional brine resources, difficulty mining is increasing day by day, shortage bromine supply demand become normal situation. Therefore, it urgent to find new sources resources develop corresponding extraction technologies. Bromine-containing waste salt source bromine. The mature technology achievement...

The springtime depletion of tropospheric ozone in the Arctic is known to be caused by active halogen photochemistry resulting from halogen atom precursors emitted from snow, ice, or aerosol surfaces. The role of bromine in driving ozone depletion events (ODEs) has been generally accepted, but much less is known about the role of chlorine radicals in ozone depletion chemistry. While the potentia...

The total stratospheric organic chlorine and bromine burden was derived from balloon-borne measurements in the tropics (Teresina, Brazil, 5 • 04 ′ S, 42 • 52 ′ W) in 2005. Whole air samples were collected cryogenically at altitudes between 15 and 34 km. For the first time, we report measurements of a set of 28 chlorinated and brominated sub-5 stances in the tropical upper troposphere and strato...

 The major route of exposure is by inhalation.  Acute inhalation exposure to bromine vapour may cause upper respiratory effects, cough, headache, CNS effects and lacrimation.  Acute oral exposure to bromine results in central nervous system effects.  Deep partial skin loss and skin discolouration have been reported following acute dermal exposure to bromine.  Ocular exposure to bromine cau...

We conducted measurements of the five important short-lived organic bromine species in the marine boundary layer (MBL). Measurements were made in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes (Sylt Island, North Sea) in June 2009 and in the tropical Western Pacific during the TransBrom ship campaign in October 2009. For the one-week time series on Sylt Island, mean mixing ratios of CHBr3, CH2Br2, CHBr2...