We used sequential extractions to quantify different forms of particulate phosphorus (PP) in sediments along the salinity gradient of the Patuxent River estuary. About 50–90% of the PP was phosphate bound to iron oxides (Fe-P), and 8–30% was organic P (org-P). Loosely sorbed phosphate (sorb-P), detrital apatite, and authigenic plus biogenic apatite each made up ,10% of the PP. Suspended sedimen...

Iron is an important micronutrient in human and plant nutrition. Adequate iron nutrition during crop production is central for assuring appropriate iron concentrations in the harvestable organs, for human food or animal feed. The whole-plant movement of iron involves several processes, including the reduction of ferric to ferrous iron at several locations throughout the plant, prior to transmem...

background & aims of the study: detergent and phosphate are one of the main and vital threats (eutrophication phenomenon and production of synthetic foam) for the source of drinking water, agriculture and industrial uses in the ahvaz, iran that threaten human health. the aim of this study is the evaluation of the efficiency of the electrocoagulation (ec) process in the removal of detergent and ...

iron oxide is an important biological agent that has a key role in medical processes; however, the mechanism whereby it provides iron for human and animal cells and its biological uses remains unclear. we aimed to evaluate the effects of oral iron oxide on serum iron status and compare the results with those of iron sulfate as a reference salt. fifteen adult rabbits were divided into 3 groups o...

Sedimentary phosphorus species concentrations were examined in cores (0-10 cm) from 5 locations in the open middle Adriatic in June 2002. Measurements included organic phosphorus (OP) and inorganic P species: P in biogenic apatite (P-FD), P adsorbed onto iron-oxy/hydroxides (P-Fe), P in authigenic apatite (P-AUT) and P in detrital apatite (P-DeT). Total iron (Fe-TOT) and iron-oxyhydroxides (Fe(...

Benthic fluxes of dissolved ferrous iron (Fe2+) and phosphate (TPO4) were quantified by in situ benthic chamber incubations and pore-water profiles along a depth transect (11uS, 80–1000 m) across the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone (OMZ). Bottom-water O2 levels were , 2 mmol L21 down to 500-m water depth, and increased to , 40 mmol L21 at 1000 m. Fe2+ fluxes were highest on the shallow shelf (maxi...

Microorganisms are ubiquitous in the shallow subsurface often attached to sediment surfaces where they alter the geochemical microenvironment and mediate weathering reactions. Microbial attachment on sediment grains, however, is heterogeneous and the variability of microbial occurrence cannot be easily explained. This study examined how phosphate mineral and iron oxide inclusions in feldspars i...

The inverse relationship of testicular size and circulating follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) concentrations has been documented, and accompanying this relationship is the change in color of the parenchymal tissue of the testes. Large testes (300 to 400 g) are pink to light red and small testes (100 g) are dark maroon with color gradations for weights in between. It was hypothesized that this ...

The objective of this study was to encapsulate iron in nanocarriers formulated with ascorbyl palmitate and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine polyethylene glycol (DSPE-PEG) for oral delivery. Blank and iron (Fe) loaded nanocarriers were prepared by a modified thin film method using ascorbyl palmitate and DSPE-PEG. Surface charge of the nanocarriers was modified by the inclusion of ...

Dietary non-heme iron contains ferrous [Fe(II)] and ferric [Fe(III)] iron fractions and the latter should hydrolyze, forming Fe(III) oxo-hydroxide particles, on passing from the acidic stomach to less acidic duodenum. Using conditions to mimic the in vivo hydrolytic environment we confirmed the formation of nanodisperse fine ferrihydrite-like particles. Synthetic analogues of these (~ 10 nm hyd...