Biofilm-forming marine bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa JP-11 was isolated from coastal marine sediment of Paradeep Port, Odisha, East Coast, India, which resisted up to 1,000 ppm of cadmium (Cd) as cadmium chloride in aerobic conditions with a minimal inhibitory concentration of 1,250 ppm. Biomass and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) secreted by the cells effectively removed 58.760 ± 1...

Background: Protective effect of Emblica against radiation and cadmium induced biochemical changes in mouse kidney has been studied. Materials and Methods: Adult male mice were divided into seven groups: I (shamirradiated), II (cadmium chloride), III (irradiated with 2 Gy gamma rays), IV (radiation and cadmium chloride), V (Cadmium chloride and Emblica), VI (radiation and Emblica), VII...

Introduction: Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels is rich in antioxidant activity and known for its nutritional medicinal uses. This study evaluated the protective effect of M. fruit against cadmium-induced hepatic damage rats. Methods: Twenty-five albino (Wistar strain) rats were randomly assigned into five equal groups. Rats group I served as control, II intoxicated with 5 mg/kg body weight (b.w.)...

This study aimed to underline the interaction between hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene in vivo and their contribution to the delayed myocardial preconditioning induced by acute intermittent hypoxia (IH) in the rat using chromatin immunoprecipitation and pharmacological inhibition by low-dose cadmium. Langendorff-perfused hearts of Wistar rat...

We have previously demonstrated that acute third ventricle injections of both lead and cadmium prevent the dipsogenic response elicited by dehydration or by central injections of dipsogenic agents such as angiotensin II, carbachol and isoproterenol in rats. We have also shown that the antidipsogenic action of cadmium may be due, at least in part, to activation of thirst-inhibitory central serot...

Feeding cadmium chloride (50 or 1000 ppm CdCl2 in drinking water, ad libitum) to C57BL/6 mice resulted in a significant and sustained fall in blood erythrocyte count and hemoglobin levels that started 4 and 3 weeks after the start of 50 and 1000 ppm cadmium doses respectively. A transient yet significant reticulocytosis occurred during the first 4 weeks of cadmium treatment. Using the recently ...

Considering the ever-increasing state of pollution in different aspects of the environment, ornamental plants and herbs such as Lavandula have become the center of attention mostly due to their availability and use in urban green spaces. Phytoremediation is a modern and economical method which can be applied to metropolises for decreasing metal contaminations in soil, water, and atmosphere. Thi...