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...

OBJECTIVE Determine the effect of a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPi) and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) on collagen, MMP, tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) expression in the spontaneously hypertensive heart failure (SHHF) rat. METHODS Six groups were tested: normotensive 9- and 13-month-old Wistar-Furth (WF) rats, 9-month-old SHHFs (compensatory hypertrophy), 13-month...

There are many remediating methods for the polluted soils but only phytoremediation is a cost effective, environmental friendly, aesthetically pleasing approach that is most suitable for many countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of native plants for phytoremediation of contaminated soils with lead, zinc, cadmium and nickel in the rangelands around National Lead ...

Adult male rats were given an oral dose of 10 mgkg aspartame “C-1abelled in the methanol carbon. At timed intervals of up to 6 hours, the radioactivity in plasma and several organs was investigated. Most of the radioactivity found (>98 % in plasma, >75 % in liver) was bound to protein. Label present in liver, plasma and kidney was in the range of l-2 % of total radioactivity administered per g ...

Microbial consortia isolated from aged oil-contaminated soil were used to degrade 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (15.72 mgkg(-1)) in soil and slurry phases. The three microbial consortia (bacteria, fungi and bacteria-fungi complex) could degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and the highest PAH removals were found in soil and slurry inoculated with fungi (50.1% and 55.4%, respec...

Neuromuscular blockade with pancuronium and its antagonism was evaluated in 33 critically ill infants. The evoked contraction of the adductor pollicis from indirect stimulation of the ulnar nerve was measured. The neuromuscular blockade recovered spontaneously from pancuronium in seven infants, 23 required one or more doses of atropine 0.02 ng kg-1 and neostigmine 0.06 mgkg-1. In three infants ...

The effectiveness of 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-4-one (Ll) in increasing iron excretion in iron-loaded patients improved the propsects for replacing desferrioxamine (DF) with an oral chelating drug.’,’ L1 belongs to a new group of iron chelators, the a-ketohydroxypyridines (KHP); which are cheap to p ~ e p a r e ~ . ~ and orally active. Recently, a detailed article by Porter et al.’ on in vivo...

We investigated the influence of soil properties on availability or otherwise micronutrients in agricultural soils impacted by inorganic and organic manures South-South Area Nigeria. The levels pH, matter (OM), cation exchange capacity (CEC), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn) understudy were examined. measured OM, CEC, Cu, Fe, Mn Zn revealed: 6.04±0.49, 17.68±4.78 %, 7.97±0.81 C...