Rosaniline-grafted polyurethane foam (Ros-PUF) has been synthesized, by coupling polyether polyol, rosaniline, and toluene diisocyanate, and characterized, by use of UV–visible and IR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The Ros-PUF was used as a new sorbent for extraction of trace amounts of Cd(II) and Hg(II) from water by batch and column techniques. Cd(II) and Hg(II) were completely ...

Although fish is an important source of nutrients, including some the healthiest proteins, long-chain fatty acids, and essential selenium, species at top food chain frequently contain large amounts toxic mercury (Hg). The provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) Hg from consumption calculated total concentration assuming that all speciated as organic methylmercury (MeHg). Using high energy-re...

Methylation of tracer and ambient mercury ((200)Hg and (202)Hg, respectively) equilibrated with four different natural organic matter (NOM) isolates was investigated in vivo using the Hg-methylating sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobulbus propionicus 1pr3. Desulfobulbus cultures grown fermentatively with environmentally representative concentrations of dissolved NOM isolates, Hg[II], and HS(-)...

The contribution of endogenous kinins in the regulation of blood pressure of angiotensin-treated rats was evaluated using the new bradykinin B2-receptor antagonist Hoe 140 (D-Arg,[Hyp3,Thi5,D-Tic7, Oic8]-bradykinin). Chronic infusion of Hoe 140 at 75 nmol/d (a dose able to inhibit the vasodepressor effect of an intra-aortic bolus injection of 0.85 nmol/kg bradykinin) did not alter systolic bloo...

We report the synthesis of six new heteroleptic Hg(II) complexes (1–6) with general composition [Hg(II) (bpy)L2] where bpy = 2,20-bipyridine, L = benzoic acid (1), 2-amino benzoic acid (2), 3-amino benzoic acid (3), 4-amino benzoic acid (4), 2-hydroxy benzoic acid (5), 4-hydroxy benzoic acid (6). 1, 2, 4–6 are monomer with hexa coordinated Hg(II) center whereas 3 is a zig–zag 1D-polymer with he...

Mercury (Hg) speciation and partitioning have been investigated in a fluid mud profile collected in the high turbidity zone of the Gironde estuary. The formation of the fluid lens generates local and transient oxic-anoxic oscillations following the sedimentation-resuspension tidal cycles under a specific hydrodynamic regime. The total Hg concentration, ranging from 5 to 190 nM, increases with S...

A new Schiff base and a new series of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Cd(II), and Hg(II) complexes were synthesized by the condensation of naphthofuran-2-carbohydrazide and diacetylmonoxime. Metal complexes of the Schiff base were prepared from their chloride salts of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Cd(II), and Hg(II) in ethanol. The ligand along with its metal complexes have been characterized on the basis of...