Two novel symmetrical bis!tetradentate Schi} base ligands\ H1L and H3L\ have been prepared from the condensation of N\N?!bis"2!aminopropyl#oxamide with pyridine!1!carbaldehyde and pyrrol!1!car! baldehyde\ respectively[ The ligands react with copper"II# nitrate in basic medium to yield the dinuclear complexes ðCu1LŁ"NO2#1 and ðCu1LŁ[ ðCu1LŁ"NO2#1 reacts with sodium azide to yield the neutral din...

Objective: An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of citrus brown snail powder as a source of calcium on growth performance, tibia characteristics, immune response and blood metabolites in broiler chickens.  Methods: One hundred and eighty 1-day old chicks were randomly distributed into four treatments, each of which had three replicates. Each replicate contains 15 chicks. The t...

To evaluate the physiological responses of chrysanthemum to silicon spray in non-stress conditions, this study was performed in two separate experiments (at 4 to 5 and 8 to 12-leaf stages) as a factorial randomized completely design with two factors: silicon source (in two levels: sodium silicate and calcium silicate) and the concentration of silicate at five levels (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg ...

-Ten commercial lectins were semi-quantitatively analyzed for their metal speciesby'-inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometer. Calcium, silicon, zinc and manganese, which had been found in a lectin purified from a tree trunk, were especially analyzed. Calcium was abundant in the lectins obtained from dicotyledonous source, some of which also contained zinc and/or manganese. Calcium ions in...

In this data article we report on the purity and post translation modification of bacterially expressed and purified recombinant hippocalcin (HPCA): a member of the neuronal calcium sensor protein family, whose functions are regulated by calcium. MALDI-TOF in source decay (ISD) analysis was used to identify both the myristoylated or non-myristoylated forms of the protein. MALDI-TOF ISD data on ...

Despite repeated emphasis in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans on the importance of calcium in the adult American diet and the recommendation to consume 3 dairy servings a day, dairy intake remains well below recommendations. Insufficient health professional awareness of the benefits of calcium and concern for lactose intolerance are among several possible reasons, This mini-review highlight...

Calcium is a critically important second messenger in the nervous system. It enters through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and regulates release of synaptic transmitter. This mechanism monitored by calcium diffusion, buffering influx into cytoplasm. The study dynamics interesting because concentration shows highly complex spatial-temporal behavior. There are many controls on cytoplasmic concentrat...

The effect of dietary L-lactic acid (LA), (0.5, 1.0, or 2.5 g/100 g of diet) on the absorption of calcium in gastrectomized rats was evaluated for 28 d. Calcium phosphate was used as a source of calcium. The apparent calcium absorption ratio and the calcium contents of the femur and tibia in gastrectomized rats fed the control diet were significantly less than those in sham-operated rats. In th...

OBJECTIVE Bone mineral density is compromised in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF); calcium is the major bone mineral. This study examined the impact of endogenous fecal calcium (V(endo)) losses on calcium balance in girls with CF. Study design V(endo) was measured in 12 girls with CF (aged 7-18 years): 7 younger, premenarcheal girls with compromised nutritional status; and 5 older, postmen...

Recent evidence suggests that internal calcium stores and calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) provide an important source of calcium that drives short-term presynaptic plasticity at central synapses. Here we tested for the involvement of CICR in short-term presynaptic plasticity at six excitatory synapses in acute rat hippocampal and cerebellar brain slices. Depletion of internal calcium sto...