The presence of ferric chelate reducing activity in sunflower [Helianthus annuus L.) leaves has been studied by submerging leaf discs in a solution with Fe(lll)-ethylenediaminetetra-acetate (FeEDTA), bathophenanthroline disulphonate (BPDS) and vacuum infiltration. The effect of different factors on the Fe(lll) reduction rate was studied. Ferric reduction rate was about 10-fold higher in the lig...

The infrared and Raman spectra of Na[FeEDTA(H(2)O)]x2H(2)O and Na(4)[(FeEDTA)(2)O]x3H(2)O (EDTA=tetra anion of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), two complexes proposed as adequate for iron supplementation, were recorded and analyzed in relation to its structural peculiarities. Some comparisons between the recorded spectra are also presented, and the characteristics of the carboxylate motions as...

Activated carbon (AC) is a cost-effective catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in air-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs). To enhance the catalytic activity of AC cathodes, AC powders were pyrolyzed with iron ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (FeEDTA) at a weight ratio of FeEDTA:AC = 0.2:1. MFCs with FeEDTA modified AC cathodes and a stainless steel mesh current collector produced a m...

A novel chemical absorption-biological reduction (CABR) integrated process, employing ferrous ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Fe(II)EDTA) as a solvent, is deemed as a potential option for NOx removal from the flue gas. Previous work showed that the Fe(II)EDTA concentration was critical for the NOx removal in the CABR process. In this work, the pathway of FeEDTA (Fe(III)/Fe(II)-EDTA) transformation...

The ferritin iron regulatory element (IRE), a conserved sequence of 28 nucleotides in a hairpin loop, is a conserved mRNA-specific translational regulatory element; flanking the IRE are regions of varying sequence, which form 9-17 base pairs close to the 5' cap. P-90 is a ferritin mRNA-specific translation regulatory protein purified from animal liver and reticulocytes. To study the P-90-RNA in...

The supply of iron to plant roots was one of the main problems in water culture until about 1950. The main source of iron was originally ferrous sulfate, already used by Sachs (9). It had to be supplied almost daily to the nutrient solution as it precipitates gradually. Some improvement was obtained with organic compounds, mainly ferric citrate, introduced by Gile and Carrero (4). The favorable...

Irradiation of FeDTPA-containing nutrient solutions by a fluorescent plus incandescent light source resulted in the loss of both Fe-chelate and soluble Fe, the formation of a precipitate that was composed mostly of Fe, and a rise in pH. The rate of Fe-chelate photodegradation in solution increased with irradiance intensity and with solution temperature under irradiation, but irradiance had the ...

Protein oxidation is linked to cellular stress, aging, and disease. Protein oxidations that result in reactive species are of particular interest, since these reactive oxidation products may react with other proteins or biomolecules in an unmediated and irreversible fashion, providing a potential marker for a variety of disease mechanisms. We have developed a novel system to identify and quanti...