Sulphurous mineral waters have been traditionally used in medical hydrology as treatment for skin, respiratory, and musculoskeletal disorders. However, driven by recent intense research efforts, topical treatments are starting to show benefits for pulmonary hypertension, arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, ischemia-reperfusion injury, heart failure, peptic ulcer, and acute and chronic infla...

1. [35S]sulphate was used to measure the apparent turnover of sulphate, sulphide and microbial-protein-S in the rumen contents of four sheep that were intraruminally infused with 10 g sodium sulphate/d alone, or together with 126 mg sodium molybdate (50 mg molybdenum). 2. Infusion of molybdate increased the concentration of sulphate in rumen fluid from 2.2 to 7.2 mug S/ml and decreased the rate...

The Bukit Botol and Ketaya deposits are two examples of volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) that occur in the Tasik Chini area, Central Belt Peninsular Malaysia. mineralisation is divided into subzones distinguished by spatial, mineralogical, textural characteristics. primary minerals include pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, with lesser amounts Sn- Ag-bearing minerals, Au. However,...

An increase in the H2 S (hydrogen sulphide, hereafter sulphide) concentration in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) has been proposed to mediate hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). We evaluated this hypothesis in isolated rat intrapulmonary arteries (IPAs) by examining the effects of the sulphide precursor cysteine and sulphide-synthesis blockers on HPV and also on normoxic pul...

Whereas the compound formerly known as carvone hydrosulphide is, in fact, dicarvone sulphide [1], the genuine hydrosulphide, (—)-3-mercaptodihydrocarvone, has now been prepared by the addition of hydrogen sulphide to (—)-carvone in the presence of a base following a procedure analogous to that of van Tamelen and Grant [2]. Tt had boiling point 150-151 °/0.5 mm, ri&, 1.5221 [a]2i? —6.3° (c = 4 i...