Effluent from electroplating industry involved in copper plating and other metal polishing work contain various heavy metal(Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Mn and Zn) which have severe adverse effect on health . The present work analyzes heavy metal present in plating shops for a period of one year. Highest copper metal concentration (27.60mg/L) was observed during post monsoon at site AB-5, least copper metal...

Single-source molecular precursors were used to synthesize II-VI compound semiconductor nanowires for the first time. Cadmium sulfide and zinc sulfide nanowires were prepared using cadmium diethyldithiocarbamate, Cd(S2CNEt2)2, and zinc diethyldithiocarbamate, Zn(S2CNEt2)2, respectively, as precursors in a gold nanocluster-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid growth process. High-resolution transmission...

Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC), a potent copper chelating agent, has long been used for the treatment of oxygen toxicity to the central nervous system, as an immunomodulator to treat cancer, and in HIV-infected patients. We evaluated the antioxidant properties of DDC, including its scavenging of reactive oxygen species, its reducing properties, its iron-chelating properties, and its protective ef...

Complexes of the general composition Rh(phpy)2(S∪E) with phpy− = 2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl and S∪E− = diethyldithiocarbamate, 2-pyridinethiolate and 2-quinolinethiolate were prepared and characterized. The complexes with S∪E− = diethyldithiocarbamate and 2-pyridinethiolate show a low-temperature luminescence which originates from a phpy ππ∗ intraligand triplet. For the complex with S∪E− = 2-quinoline...

Inhibition of the crystallized hog kidney flavoenzyme, D-amino acid oxidase, by tetraethylthiuram disulfide (disulCram, TETD) has been found to involve the sulfhydryldisulfide exchange reaction; primary products of the interaction between oxidase and reagent are diethyldithiocarbamate ion and a derived protein carrying mixed disulfide linkages, each of which consists of an enzyme thiol sulfur a...

A study was made of the effects of diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) on organ distribution and excretion of cadmium (Cd) as influenced by DDTC dose, Cd burden, and sex of mice. One hundred to 250 mg per kg of DDTC did not promote mobilization of hepatic Cd, but it was effective at 500 mg per kg. All doses tested were significantly effective in mobilizing renal and splenic Cd, and the response was d...

We describe the kinetics of pentoxifylline formation from lisofylline in human liver microsomes using selective inhibitors of cytochrome P450 isozymes, correlation studies with specific isozyme activities, and cDNA-expressed human CYP1A2 and 2E1. A biphasic model fitted the data best for the formation of pentoxifylline, Km1 = 0.282 +/- 0.135 microM, Vmax1 = 0.003 +/- 0.001 nmol/min/mg protein, ...