Environmental pollution with heavy metals is a global disaster that is related tohuman activities. This study was conducted to determine the extent of heavy metalsaccumulation by plant species in Lia industrial city (Qazvin, Iran) and to investigate theremediative capacity of native plant species grown in the contaminated soils. Soil andindustrial wastewater sampling was done radially along tra...

The etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia remain obscure. This study explored the associations between schizophrenia risk and serum levels of 10 trace elements. A 1:1 matched case-control study was conducted and matched by age and sex. Blood samples were collected to determine the concentrations of nickel, molybdenum, arsenic, aluminum, chromium, manganese, selenium, copper, iron and zi...

AbstractCadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, zinc and lead concentrations were detected in feathers of Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Calidris subruficollis) captured during the non-breeding season and analyzed with relationship to body mass. Of these metals tested for, only copper levels (2.28 µg/g) were positively correlated with bird body mass. Zinc levels showed higher concentra...

in order to investigate the effect of cd and zn on uptake, concentration and the translocation factor of the cd and zn in the rice plant, a factorial experiment was conducted with four factors including two rice cultivars of vandana and hashemi, two waterlogged and non-waterlogged conditions and three levels of zn and cd (0, 5 and 10 mg kg-1 soil). the experiment was carried out in a randomized...

ABSTRACT A series of dioxygen complexes of copper, iron, and manganese have been synthesized using bulky tripodal nitrogen ligands, hydrotris(3,5-dialkyl1-pyrazolyl)borate, as models for the active sites in the metalloproteins. A binuclear copper peroxo complex having p-q2:$ coordination mode serves as an accurate model of the active site of oxy-hemocyanin. The reactivities of the complex and r...

The expression of the enzymatic system produced by basidiomycetous fungi, which is involved in the degradation of xenobiotics, mainly depends on culture conditions, especially of the culture medium composition. Trametes villosa is a strain with a proven biotechnological potential for the degradation of organochlorine compounds and for the decolorization of textile dyes. The influence of glucose...

this study was conducted in assaluyeh region, southwest of iran to show utilization and efficiency of sequential extraction analysis in environmental impact studies using soil and related regolith materials as sample media. in order to investigate distribution of heavy metals, optimized bcr (community bureau of reference) sequential extraction analysis method was used. in this caseeight repres...

this study was conducted in assaluyeh region, southwest of iran to show utilization and efficiency of sequential extraction analysis in environmental impact studies using soil and related regolith materials as sample media. in order to investigate distribution of heavy metals, optimized bcr (community bureau of reference) sequential extraction analysis method was used. in this caseeight represe...

extraction and refinement processes of fossil fuels have led to contamination of soil resources and consequently causing a considerable part of lands get out of profitable reach. this study aimed at an evaluation of the effect of different levels of organic matter and hydrocarbon decomposing bacteria on nutrient uptake of cordia myxa seedlings. treatments included crude oil (0, 3 and 6 w/w) mun...