Graminaceous monocots, including most of the world's staple grains (i.e. rice, corn, and wheat) use a chelation strategy (Strategy II) for primary acquisition of iron from the soil. Strategy II plants secrete phytosiderophores (PS), compounds of the mugineic acid family that form stable Fe(III) chelates in soil. Uptake of iron-PS chelates, which occurs through specific transporters at the root ...

The zinc importer ZupT is required for the efficient allocation of zinc to zinc-dependent proteins in the metal-resistant bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans but not for zinc import per se. The expression of zupT is upregulated under conditions of zinc starvation. C. metallidurans contains three members of the Fur family of regulators that qualify as candidates for the zupT regulator. The expre...

In both cow's milk and human milk, zinc was associated with proteins of high molecular weight (greater than 100 000), as judged by analysis with Sephadex G-75. Precipitation of the casein at pH 4.6 and filtration of the resultant acid whey on Sephadex G-25 led, however, to the recovery of about 90% of the zinc as a compound of low molecular weight, which was tentatively identified as zinc citra...

BACKGROUND Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) cause a sharp elevation of gastro-duodenal luminal pH which in turn has resulted in reports of reduced absorption of magnesium and certain other nutrients. METHODS Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients on long-term PPI therapy (> 6 months) or healthy test subjects (not on any acid preventive or neutralizing medication) were administered oral ...

Zinc is an essential metal involved in a wide range of biological processes, and aberrant zinc metabolism is implicated in human diseases. The gastrointestinal tract of animals is a critical site of zinc metabolism that is responsible for dietary zinc uptake and distribution to the body. However, the role of the gastrointestinal tract in zinc excretion remains unclear. Zinc transporters are key...

abstractin order to study the changes in chemical forms of zinc in the rhizosphere of two tuber plants and their relationship to plant uptake in a polluted soil, sequential (tessier et al., 1979) and single step extraction methods were used. in this research, three radish cultivars (raphanus sativus) and two turnip (brassica rapa) cultivars were planted in a complete randomized design pot exper...

INTRODUCTION Pneumonia and diarrhoea disproportionately affect children in resource-poor settings. Integrated community case management (iCCM) involves community health workers treating diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria. Studies on impact of iCCM on appropriate treatment and its effects on equity in access to the same are limited. The objective of this study was to measure the impact of integrat...