Sulphur status of some soils in Edo Central, Nigeria was evaluated in five different locations; Ekpoma, Irrua, Uromi, Ubiaja and Agbede. The area lies within the derived savanna-forest transitional zone. Surface soil samples (0 – 15 cm) collected from the five localities wasanalyzed for their physico-chemical properties, inorganic, organic and total sulphur contents. Results showed that inorgan...

selenium, a trace mineral complement is used as cofactor of antioxidant enzymes that protects fishes against environmental stress agents and enhances performance in fishes. in this study the different levels of organic and inorganic source of  selenium were included in juvenile rainbow trout diet to evaluate feed conversion ratio (fcr), specific growth rate (sgr), weight gain percent (wg), cond...

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land treatment method of municipal and industrial wastewaters for utilization of nutrients in the wastes for raising useful crops and tertiary(or advanced) treatment of the water for improving stream quality or to recharge falling water tables is increasing in some parts of the world, particulary in the arid area. as emphasis in this type of treatment method and prevention of surface and underg...

Inorganic Chemistry is pleased to present a Forum on Functional Inorganic Materials. A recent workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation highlighted these materials and their technological impact (Prog. Solid State Chem. 2008, 36, 1-133). As the report makes clear, we are presently at the halfway point of the solid-state century [The Solid State Century. Sci Am. 1997, 8 (1)], in whic...

There is a long-standing challenge to realize in situ visualization of incorporated inorganic materials in organic–inorganic composites in a post-labeling manner, owing to the lack of specific fluorescent organic dye molecules for targeting inorganic materials. Herein, we observe that the specific covalent B–O binding between the hydroxyl groups of inorganic materials and commercially available...

Labile phosphate esters such as phosphocreatine, acetyl phosphate, and ribose-l-phosphate (1) have assumed great biological importance. These esters are so unstable that they are split with great rapidity by the reagents commonly used for inorganic phosphate determination. Therefore, the usual inorganic phosphate measurements in tissue extracts, etc., actually represent the sum of the inorganic...

Plasma alkaline phosphatase and inorganic phosphorus levels were determined for 52 nestling Spanish imperial eagles from two wild populations and 22 captive adults and subadults (10 adults and 12 subadults). The exact age was known for all birds. Mean alkaline phosphatase and inorganic phosphorus were higher in chicks than in the captive adults and subadults. Sex differences were not observed, ...