In this work, current information about the contamination of ground- and surface-water resources by arsenic from geogenic sources in Latin America is presented together with possible emerging mitigation solutions. The problem is of the same order of magnitude as other world regions, such as SE Asia, but it is often not described in English. Despite the studies undertaken by numerous local resea...

koopan regional laterites located in north east of shiraz, fars province.the rock strata, koopan laterits set on neyriz ophiolites that these ophiolites are actually part of a series zagros ophiolite with of upper cretaceous age. these laterites are covered with nummulitic limestone equivalent jahrom formation with eocene age. the lateritization should be occurred after the upper cretaceous in ...

The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) box-like sequence was located upstream of the serine protease-encoding gene (aprII) from a marine bacterium, Alteromonas sp. strain O-7. To clarify whether the production of AprII (the gene product of aprII) is regulated by the environmental iron concentrations, this strain was cultured under iron-depleted or iron-rich conditions and the level of AprII in the c...

OBJECTIVE To thoroughly investigate the association between the consumption of cow's milk and anemia in childhood. SOURCES OF DATA The information was gathered from papers catalogued in Lilacs and MEDLINE and published during the last two decades, and also from textbooks and publications by international organizations. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Iron deficiency anemia is a severe public health...

Oxidative stress and iron limitation represent the grim side of life in an oxygen-rich atmosphere. The versatile electron transfer shuttle ferredoxin, an iron-sulfur protein, is particularly sensitive to these hardships, and its downregulation under adverse conditions severely compromises survival of phototrophs. Replacement of ferredoxin by a stress-resistant isofunctional carrier, flavin-cont...

OBJECTIVE Iron deficiency is estimated to affect about 30% of the world population. Iron supplementation in the form of tablets and food fortification has not been successful in developing countries, and iron deficiency is still the most important deficiency related to malnutrition. Here we present experiments that aim to increase the iron content in rice endosperm and to improve its absorption...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Under conditions of low iron availability, rice plants induce genes involved in iron uptake and utilization. The iron deficiency-responsive cis-acting element binding factors 1 and 2 (IDEF1 and IDEF2) regulate transcriptional response to iron deficiency in rice roots. Clarification of the functions of IDEF1 and IDEF2 could uncover the gene regulation mechanism. METHODS Spa...

The regimen outlined in this brief paper focuses on therapeutically utilizing iron and iron compounds in transferrin receptor-rich tumor cells in ways that inhibit and lyse same.