background: it is known that vanadyl compounds are capable of alleviating hyperglycemia in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats.   objective: to examine the effect of vanadyl sulphate (vs) on spermatogenesis of male rats.   methods: male rats (n=10) were administered 32 mg/kg/day of vs orally and 50 meq/l nacl (as drinking water) for one month.  meanwhile, 11 male rats, the control group, recei...

Vanadyl reacts with hydrogen peroxide forming hydroxyl radicals in a Fenton-like reaction. The hydroxyl radicals were spin trapped and identified using 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO). The quantity of hydroxyl radicals spin trapped during the reaction between vanadyl and hydrogen peroxide are equal to half of the hydroxyl radicals spin trapped during the reaction between ferrous ions an...

Numerous studies have focused on the growth regulation effect of vanadium compounds. In our preliminary investigation we have observed growth inhibition of rat hepatoma cell line H35-19 by inorganic vanadium salts. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of vanadyl sulphate (VOSO4) on autocrine growth and survival of tumorogenic lung (A549) and prostate (DU145) human cell lines...

Constant current scanning tunneling microscope images of the V,O,(OOl) surface were recorded in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV). The conductivity of the V,O, crystal was increased by doping with NaOduring the crystal growth and flat surfaces were created by cleavage in N, or UHV. All images exhibit the 11.5 A X 3.65 A periodicity expected for a bulk terminated surface. However, images from different are...

In order to avoid low absorption, incorporation, and undesirable side effects of inorganic oxovanadium compounds, the antidiabetic activities of organic oxovanadium (IV) compounds in alloxan-induced diabetic mice were investigated. Vanadyl carboxymethyl carrageenan (VOCCA) and vanadyl carboxymethyl chitosan (VOCCH) were synthesized and administrated through intragastric administration in differ...

We present a theoretical study of the anisotropy and collection angle dependence of the oxygen K ELNES in V2O5. Ab initio band-structure calculations were performed with WIEN97, a program package based on the full potential linearised augmented plane waves (FP-LAPW) method. An analysis of the site and angular momentum projected DOS allowed the identification of differently coordinated oxygens a...

A novel hierarchically ordered porous vanado-silicate nanocomposite with interconnecting macroporous windows and meso-microporous walls containing well dispersed vanadyl species has been fabricated and used as a heterogeneous catalyst for the oxidation of a bulky organic molecule, namely cyclooctene.