electroplating industry wastewater (eiw) characterized by high chemical oxygen demand (cod) is a big source of water and air contamination with heavy metals. the formation of cyanide complex with heavy metals is responsible for its elevated cod. the concentration of heavy metals in eiw can be removed by the use of different precipitating agents (sulfide and hydroxide). but the major bottleneck ...

Zhang Y., Zhao X.-H. (2013): Properties of casein hydrolysate as affected by plastein reaction in ethanol-water medium. Czech J. Food Sci., 31: 559–567. Casein hydrolysate with in vitro ACE-inhibitory activity of 44.4% at 0.3 mg/ml was generated from casein by Alcalase and modified by the Alcalase-catalysed plastein reaction in an ethanol-water medium. Eight treated hydrolysates were prepared u...

Copper is both an essential micronutrient and a toxic heavy metal for most living cells. The presence of high concentrations of cupric ions in the environment promotes the selection of microorganisms possessing genetic determinants for copper resistance. Several examples of chromosomal and plasmid copper-resistance systems in bacteria have been reported, and the mechanisms of resistance have st...

We describe a new high performance liquid chromatography coupled with ultraviolet detection method for the quantification of plasma concentration of oral iron chelating agent deferasirox. A simple protein precipitation extraction procedure was applied on 500 μl of plasma aliquots. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a C18 reverse phase column and eluate was monitored at 295 nm, with 8 mi...

The phorbol diester receptor present in the particulate fraction of rat brain was solubilized by divalent ion chelation in the absence of detergents. The soluble receptor was partially purified by (NH4)2SO4 precipitation, DEAE-cellulose, and gel filtration chromatography. The purified receptor required exogenous phospholipid for activity and displayed a Kd of 7 nM for [3H]phorbol 12, 13-dibutyr...

We have examined the effects of aqueous complexation on rates of dissimilatory reductive precipitation of uranium by Shewanella putrefaciens. Uranium~VI! was supplied as sole terminal electron acceptor to Shewanella putrefaciens ~strain 200R! in defined laboratory media under strictly anaerobic conditions. Media were amended with different multidentate organic acids, and experiments were perfor...

Colloidal matrices of native and oxidized pectin were developed to improve iron bioavailability through the digestive tract. Ferrous bisglycinate (Gly-Fe), obtained by precipitation glycine chelation Fe2+, was mixed with peroxide-oxidized citrus pectin, subsequently lyophilized. Controls included without chelation. The resulting samples characterized FTIR, SEM, TGA/DSC before after in vitro dig...

Regular packed cell transfusion in patients with thalassemia major leads to iron overload. Chelation therapy is one of the important aspects of thalassemia care as iron overload causes significant cardiac, hepatic, and endocrine dysfunction. We report a case of thalassemia major with severe iron overload causing cardiac and liver dysfunction who benefitted from triple drug chelation therapy. Tr...

A procedure was developed for extracting polysomes from tobacco (Nicotiana sp) leaves. Unexpanded leaves ground in a medium consisting of 200 mm tris-HCl, pH 9, 400 mm KCl, 200 mm sucrose, and 35 mm MgCl(2) yielded larger amounts of polysomes with less degradation than polysomes from leaves extracted with buffers of lower ionic strength or pH. Extraction of polysomes from expanded leaves requir...