The patients with end-stage of renal disease (ESRD) need to take oral phosphate binder. Traditional phosphate binders may leave the disadvantage of aluminum intoxication or cardiac calcification. Herein, Mg-Fe-Cl hydrotalcite-like nanoplatelet (HTln) is for the first time characterized as potential oral phosphate binder, with respect to its phosphorus uptake capacity in cow milk and cellular cy...

Nowadays the treatment of environmental pollutants such as synthetic dyes (used in multiple industries paper, textile, food, plastic and pharmaceutical) has received much attention, especially for biotechnological treatments using both native artificial enzymes. In this context, many enzymes have been reported to efficiently perform dye degradation. Peroxidase is one enzyme, which causes degrad...

The mineral status in two ecosystems typical of the Iberian Peninsula was evaluated. Ecosystem I was formed by forests and ecosystem II by hilly areas. The levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, zinc and selenium in soils, rations and serum were measured. The concentratons of iron, copper, zinc and selenium were also checked in liver. Ecosystem I showed higher values of every m...

Clinical observations suggest that overt rhabdomyolysis may occur if severe hypophosphatemia is superimposed upon a pre-existing subclinical myopathy. To examine this possibility, a subclinical muscle cell injury was induced in 23 dogs by feeding them a phosphorus- and calorie-deficient diet until they lost 30% of their original weight. To induce acute, severe hypophosphatemia in the animals af...

melissa officinalis l. is a medicinal plant with a large variety of pharmacological effects and traditional applications. this study aimed to evaluate the protective and antioxidant activities of the extract of m. officinalis aerial parts on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (huvecs) under oxidative stress induced by h 2 o 2 . cells were incubated with h 2 o 2 (0.5 mm, 2 h) after pretreatm...