Abstraet--A laboratory study of cadmium exchangeability revealed large differences in extractable cadmium which are dependent on the exchange solution being utilized. The standard exchange solutions employed in this study were: N NaNO3, N NaOAc, N NH4OAc, NCaCI~, and 2N CaCI2, in order of increasing Cd removal. An interpretation of the chemical behavior of Cd and an experiment with mixed sodium...

Cadmium, a metal widely used in industrial processes, has been recognized to be a highly toxic and dangerous environmental pollutant. These excess amounts in addition to naturally occurring levels gradually build up to toxic levels causing damages to the biota of the aquatic ecosystem. The fresh water field crab, Paratelphusa hydrodromous is an important human food source in parts of South Indi...

BACKGROUND The current study aimed to elucidate the protective role of combined fenugreek and a-tocopherol against cadmium induced histopathological changes in the testes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty adult male albino rats divided into three equal groups 10 rats each. Group I is the control group. Group II received 5 mg/kg/ day cadmium chloride. Group III received 5 mg/kg/day cadmium chlorid...

To explore the respiratory and metabolic responses, fresh water crabs Barytelphusa gureini, were exposed to sublethal concentrations (2.0 & 2.25 µg/L) of cadmium chloride copper sulphate respectively. Oxygen consumption hemolymph sugar level animals estimated study stress caused by these heavy metal toxicants. These after acclimatization laboratory conditions for 0, 24, 48, 72 96 hrs Total ...

Background: Cadmium toxicity is an environmental health menace in developing countries, which can result damage to the male reproductive system. The mechanisms of cadmium include increase lipid peroxidation, depletion glutathione, reduction protein-bound sulfhydryl groups, and oxidative stress. Agnus castus has been differently reported for its strong antioxidant potential reproductive-enhancin...

In order to survey effect of salinity and cadmium on catalase and peroxidase enzymes activity , proline accumulation, Malondialdehyde and protein content variation in  Brassica oleracea an experiment was conducted in green house condition factorial design based on completely random block in 2014 year. The first factor was cadmium at four levels (0, 50, 100 and 200 ppm) and second factor was sal...

Cadmium (Cd) is considered to be one of the major environmental pollutants which have potential threat to human health. Reports of declining male fertility have renewed interest in the role of environmental and occupational exposures in the etiology of human infertility. This study was performed to investigate the cadmium induced structural effects on the testes and to evaluate the possible pro...

Recent research has discovered that a number of genetic risk factors for autism are de novo mutations. Advanced parental age at the time of conception is associated with increased risk for both autism and de novo mutations. We investigated the hypothesis that other environmental factors associated with increased risk for autism might also be mutagenic and contribute to autism by causing de novo...