introduction: iron overload has been implicated as an important factor for nephropathy by hydroxyl radicals production. on the other hand nitric oxide (no) asa reactive free radical, has numerous effects on kidney. however at high concentration it has been suggested to have toxic effects. in this study the interaction between iron overload and no system on renal function were evaluated in rats....

If O2 is available at circumneutral pH, Fe(2+) is rapidly oxidized to Fe(3+), which precipitates as FeO(OH). Neutrophilic iron oxidizing bacteria have evolved mechanisms to prevent self-encrustation in iron. Hitherto, no mechanism has been proposed for cyanobacteria from Fe(2+)-rich environments; these produce O2 but are seldom found encrusted in iron. We used two sets of illuminated reactors c...

This thesis work is aimed at examining the oxygen atom mixing between common iron(III) oxides and Fe(II)aq solution during the sorption process. First, O labeled iron(III) minerals were used in batch sorption reactors to study the exchange of oxygen atom within the Fe(II)aq – iron(III) oxide system. Results showed a much lesser extent of oxygen mixing than reported Fe mixing from previous studi...

The highly unsaturated binuclear butadiene iron carbonyls (C(4)H(6))(2)Fe(2)(CO)(n) (n = 2, 1) have been examined using density functional theory. For (C(4)H(6))(2)Fe(2)(CO)(n) (n = 2, 1), both coaxial and perpendicular structures are found. The global minima of (C(4)H(6))(2)Fe(2)(CO)(n) (n = 2, 1) are the perpendicular structures 2Q-1 and 1Q-1, respectively, with 17- and 15-electron configurat...

Numerous cellular functions including respiration require iron. Plants and phytoplankton must also maintain the iron-rich photosynthetic electron transport chain, which most likely evolved in the iron-replete reducing environments of the Proterozoic ocean [1]. Iron bioavailability has drastically decreased in the contemporary ocean [1], most likely selecting for the evolution of efficient iron ...

The iron mining regions of Brazil contain thousands of “iron ore caves” (IOCs) that form within Fe(III)-rich deposits. The mechanisms by which these IOCs form remain unclear, but the reductive dissolution of Fe(III) (hydr)oxides by Fe(III) reducing bacteria (FeRB) could provide a microbiological mechanism for their formation. We evaluated the susceptibility of Fe(III) deposits associated with t...

in this study a new simple selective and sensitive spectrophotometric procedure for determination of fe(iii) is described. it is based on the formation of a colored complex between ferric iron and ethyl maltol, a strong and highly selective ligand for fe(iii). after mixing sample and reagent, and incubating at the room temperature, fe(iii)-ethyl maltol complex was extracted with different solve...

For decades, the extraction of minerals has intensified in order to meet the demand of industry. Iron ore deposits are important sources of metals, such as iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn). The particulate ores can be dispersed during extraction, transport and storage, with potential to induce biological impacts. Amphibians are very sensitive to environmental stressors. Therefore, the present study...

A series of monocarbonyl iron complexes in the formal oxidation states 0, +1, and +2 are accessible when supported by a tetradentate tris(phosphino)silyl ligand (SiP(iPr)(3) = [Si(o-C(6)H(4)PiPr(2))(3)](-)). X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies of these carbonyl complexes establish little geometrical change about the iron center as a function of oxidation state. It is possible to functionalize the t...

The maturation of iron-sulfur (Fe/S) proteins in eukaryotes has been intensively studied in yeast. Hardly anything is known so far about the process in higher eukaryotes, even though the high conservation of the yeast maturation components in most Eukarya suggests similar mechanisms. Here, we developed a cell culture model in which the RNA interference (RNAi) technology was used to deplete a po...