The impact of automobile exhaust on the levels of lead in commercially produced and sold white bread at bus terminals in Lagos, Nigeria were assessed. Total lead concentrations by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry were carried out. The mean concentration of lead in foods across the sites (T1-T10) ranged from 0.01 – 0.025 μgg; 0.01 – 0.03 μgg; 0.015 – 0.035 μgg and 0.005 – 0.025 μgg for the first, ...

Understanding the adsorption of mercury on soil from aqueous solution is necessary for tracing the fate of mercury in the environment. This study was undertaken to predict the fate of mercury emitted from artisanal gold mining activities within the Ankobra basin. Total mercury (THg) concentrations were determined in soils close to River Ankobra and its major tributaries in the south-western par...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Mediterranean Sea, Egypt is an economically important marine environment. During the last decades there has been extensive increase in the levels of urbanization and industrialization along its coastal area. Therefore, the present work attempts to determine the status of heavy metals distribution in sediment samples, and their ecological risk assessment in the studied area. ...

The present study was conducted to determine heavy metal (cadmium and chromium) concentrations in gills, kidneys, liver, skin, muscles and scales of three fish species (Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Cirrhina mrigala) from three stations viz. Lahore Siphon (Up stream), Shahdera Bridge and Baloki Headworks (Down stream) in the river Ravi, Pakistan. Heavy metal concentrations varied significantly ...

Heavy metal’s release without treatment poses a significant threat to the environment. Heavy metals are non-biodegradable and persistent. In the present study the ash of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), was used to remove six metals from aqueous solutions through biosorption. Results of batch and column experiments showed excellent adsorption capacity. Removal of lead, chromium, zinc, cad...

the effect of postharvest uv-c irradiation on phenolic compounds accumulation was investigated in berries of ‘rishbaba’ table grape (vitis vinifera cv. rishbaba). grape clusters were harvested at mature stage and irradiated with uv-c using fluorescent germicidal lamp (30 w, 90 cm) with a peak emission at 254 nm for 0 (control), 5 and 10 min. uv-c treatment had significant effect on individual p...

The kinetics of galactoside-proton symport catalysed by a wild-type strain and one carrying a mutation, previously reported to cause uncoupling of the symport reaction, have been examined. The mutation does not affect the stoichiometry during the initial period of uptake, when the internal concentration of galactoside is low, but it does result in much greater competition from the galactoside a...

The effect of postharvest UV-C irradiation on phenolic compounds accumulation was investigated in berries of ‘Rishbaba’ table grape (Vitis vinifera cv. Rishbaba). Grape clusters were harvested at mature stage and irradiated with UV-C using fluorescent germicidal lamp (30 W, 90 cm) with a peak emission at 254 nm for 0 (control), 5 and 10 min. UV-C treatment had significant effect on individual p...

A fluorescent galactoside, 2-(N-dansyl)-aminoethyl beta-D-thiogalactoside (dansyl-galactoside), competitively inhibits lactose transport by membrane vesicles of Escherichia coli, but is not actively transported. An increase in dansyl-galactoside fluorescence is observed upon addition of D-lactate. The fluorescence increase is not observed in membrane vesicles lacking the beta-galactoside transp...

Fractions enriched in neuronal and glial cells from rat brain, as well as myelin isolated from the same brain samples, were analyzed for the composition of cholesterol, phospholipids, cerebrosides, and sulfatides. The fatty acid composition of ceramide galactoside of neurons, glia, and myelin showed significant differences. Less hydroxy fatty acids were recovered from ceramide galactoside obtai...