OBJECTIVE Dietary Fe deficiency has a high incidence in Pakistani children and may be associated with increased gastrointestinal absorption of trace metals such as Mn. Therefore, children residing in heavily polluted cities like Karachi may be prone to Mn toxicity. The present study investigated blood Mn concentrations in Karachi children of different Fe statuses. DESIGN A prospective observa...

The reductive biotransformation of two Si-ferrihydrite coprecipitates (1 and 5 mole % Si) by Shewanella putrefaciens, strain CN32, was investigated in 1,4-piperazinediethanesulfonic acid-buffered media (pH 7) with lactate as the electron donor. Anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate, an electron shuttle, was present in the media. Experiments were performed without and with PO4 3 (P) (1 to 20 mmol/L) in ...

Let Fe be the set of faulty edges of Sn and E0 be the edge set of some pairwise vertex-disjoint paths of Sn. All edges of E0 lie on a Hamiltonian cycle of Sn−Fe, if |Fe| ≤ n−3, |E0| ≤ 2n−5−2|Fe| and lie on a Hamiltonian path P (u, v) where d(u, v) is odd, |Fe| ≤ n− 3, |E0| ≤ 2n− 7− 2|Fe| .

In the title compound, [Fe(2)(C(7)H(13)NS(2))(C(26)H(24)P(2))(CO)(4)], the Fe(2)S(2) core exhibits a butterfly-like shape, with two S atoms bridging the Fe-Fe dumbbell. Each of the two Fe atoms exhibits a distorted octa-hedral environment. One Fe atom is additionally bonded to three carbonyl C atoms, whereas the other Fe atom is additionally bonded to one carbonyl C atom and two P atoms of the ...

To better understand the partitioning behavior of elements during the formation and evolution of iron meteorites, two sets of experiments were conducted at 1 atm in the Fe–Ni–P system. The first set examined the effect of P on solid metal/liquid metal partitioning behavior of 22 elements, while the other set explored the effect of the crystal structures of body-centered cubic (a)and face-center...

A novel, versatile route to phosphorus- and carbon-substituted η(5)-phosphacyclohexadienyl complexes was developed. Reaction of the anionic 2,4,6-triphenylphosphinine iron complex [K([18]crown-6)(thf)2][Cp*Fe(PC5Ph3H2)] (1) with selected main group element electrophiles afforded the new complexes [Cp*Fe(2-endo-H-PC5Ph3H2)] (endo-3), [Cp*Fe(2-exo-H-PC5Ph3H2)] (exo-3), [Cp*Fe(1-Me-PC5Ph3H2)] (4),...

In dietary iron overload, excess hepatic iron promotes liver damage. The aim was to attenuate free radical-induced liver damage using vitamins. Four groups of 60 Wistar rats were studied: group 1 (control) was fed normal diet, group 2 (Fe) 2.5% pentacarbonyl iron (CI) followed by 0.5% Ferrocene, group 3 (Fe + V gp) CI, Ferrocene, plus vitamins A and E (42x and 10x RDA, respectively), group 4 (F...

Volcanic ash derived soils represent between 50-60% of the total arable land area of southern of Chile, and they are the most important soils for pasture production. In these soils, high phosphorus (P) fixation and, in turn, low P availability and high aluminium (Al) soluble concentrations (at low pH) are the most limiting factors for pasture production. At the same time, the complexes between ...

New technology and approaches for reducing P in runoff from high sediment yield areas are essential due to implementation of increasingly rigorous water quality standards. The objectives of this research were to characterize ferrihydrite (Fe(5)HO(8).4H(2)O) in terms of its ability to adsorb P from soil solutions and relate its P adsorptive capacity to several soil properties that influence P mo...