Cadmium oxide has found its applications in various areas of research such as solar cells, phototransistors, photodiodes, transparent electrodes and gas sensors. In the present work CdO nano particles were successfully synthesized from cadmium acetate through thermal decomposition at high temperatures by adopting the solid state reaction. The prepared nano particles are subjected to ball millin...

Administration of cadmium (Cd) significantly increased the peroxidation markers such as malondialdehyde and protein carbonyls along with significant decrease in antioxidant markers such as super oxide dismutase and reduced glutathione in liver and kidney tissues. Cadmium also caused a significant alteration in hepatic and renal functional markers in serum viz. total protein, albumin, alanine tr...

Correlation between the pathogenicity of certain staphylococci and their ability to produce coagulase has led to extensive studies of the clotting enzyme. Walston (1935) precipitated the clotting substance from cell-free filtrates of appropriate staphylococcal cultures by the use of ethanol, acetic acid, or ammonium sulfate. Walker et al. (1948) partially purified staphylocoagulase by repeated ...

Objective(s): Enzyme immobilization via nanoparticles is perfectly compatible against the other chemical or biological approximate to improve enzyme functions and stability. In this study lactoperoxidase was immobilized onto silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles to improve enzyme properties in the presence of cadmium chloride as an inhibitor. Materials and Methods:  The process consists of the ...

Nitric oxide (NO) functions as a cell-signaling molecule in plants. In particular, a role for NO in the regulation of iron homeostasis and in the plant response to toxic metals has been proposed. Here, we investigated the synthesis and the role of NO in plants exposed to cadmium (Cd(2+)), a nonessential and toxic metal. We demonstrate that Cd(2+) induces NO synthesis in roots and leaves of Arab...

BACKGROUND Chelation therapy involving organic chelators for treatment of heavy metal intoxication can cause cardiac arrest, kidney overload, mineral deficiency, and anemia. METHODS In this study, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) modified with an edible biopolymer poly(γ-glutamic acid) (PGA) were synthesized by coprecipitation method, characterized and evaluated for their r...

AIM To determine the concentrations of cadmium, lead, mercury, and metalloid arsenic in the samples of some dietetic products marketed in Croatia, and to compare the values obtained with maximum allowed amounts (MAA) according to the law. METHOD Metal and metalloid concentrations were measured in 30 dietetic products from the group of industrial food supplements and food additives. The measur...