Assessment of chromite ore wastes for methylene blue adsorption: Isotherm, kinetic, thermodynamic studies, ANN, and statistical physics modeling
Chemosphere. 2024 Apr 25:142098. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142098. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis research investigates the adsorption potential of chrysotile and lizardite, two minerals derived from chromite ore wastes, for the uptake of Methylene Blue (MB) dye from waste streams. The characterization of these minerals involves XRD, XRF, FTIR, and SEM. Results confirm the dominance of polymorphic magnesium silicate minerals, specifically chrysotile and lizardite, in the samples. The FTIR spectra reveal characteristic vibration bands confirming the presence of these minerals. The SEM analysis depicts irregular su...
Source: Chemosphere - April 27, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Esmaeil Allahkarami Ebrahim Allahkarami Majid Heydari Amirreza Azadmehr Abbas Maghsoudi Source Type: research
Phytochemicals, Herbal Extracts, and Dietary Supplements for Metabolic Disease Management
Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.2174/0118715303287911240409055710. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTComprehensive and effective care techniques have become essential due to the global epidemic dimensions of metabolic disorders, including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular ailments. Recent research highlights the potential of dietary supplements, herbal extracts, and phytochemicals in treating metabolic diseases. This abstract conveys the current state of the science in this field by highlighting these findings' underlying mechanisms and potential therapeutic applications. Plant-based diets con...
Source: Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders Drug Targets - April 27, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Praveen Halagali Aparna Inamdar Jagroop Singh Amit Anand Poulami Sadhu Rashmi Pathak Himanshu Sharma Deepak Biswas Source Type: research
Phytochemicals, Herbal Extracts, and Dietary Supplements for Metabolic Disease Management
Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.2174/0118715303287911240409055710. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTComprehensive and effective care techniques have become essential due to the global epidemic dimensions of metabolic disorders, including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular ailments. Recent research highlights the potential of dietary supplements, herbal extracts, and phytochemicals in treating metabolic diseases. This abstract conveys the current state of the science in this field by highlighting these findings' underlying mechanisms and potential therapeutic applications. Plant-based diets con...
Source: Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders Drug Targets - April 27, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Praveen Halagali Aparna Inamdar Jagroop Singh Amit Anand Poulami Sadhu Rashmi Pathak Himanshu Sharma Deepak Biswas Source Type: research
An investigation on antimicrobial and anticancer competence of macro red algae under in-vitro condition
Environ Res. 2024 Apr 25:119026. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119026. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to look into the proximate parameters (moisture, ash, total fat, protein, and total carbohydrate) , mineral composition (Fe, Cu, Mg, and Zn ), antimicrobial as well as cytotoxic (anticancer) properties of extracts from the marine red macro algae Gracilaria corticata, Chondrus ocellatus, and Posphyra perforata against a few prevalent microbial pathogens (Salmonella typhi, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Clostridium tetani, and Treponema pallidum as well as fungal pathogens su...
Source: Environmental Research - April 27, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Thi-Van Hoang Saleh Alfarraj Sulaiman Ali Alharbi Source Type: research
Phytochemicals, Herbal Extracts, and Dietary Supplements for Metabolic Disease Management
Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.2174/0118715303287911240409055710. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTComprehensive and effective care techniques have become essential due to the global epidemic dimensions of metabolic disorders, including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular ailments. Recent research highlights the potential of dietary supplements, herbal extracts, and phytochemicals in treating metabolic diseases. This abstract conveys the current state of the science in this field by highlighting these findings' underlying mechanisms and potential therapeutic applications. Plant-based diets con...
Source: Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders Drug Targets - April 27, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Praveen Halagali Aparna Inamdar Jagroop Singh Amit Anand Poulami Sadhu Rashmi Pathak Himanshu Sharma Deepak Biswas Source Type: research
Phytochemicals, Herbal Extracts, and Dietary Supplements for Metabolic Disease Management
Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.2174/0118715303287911240409055710. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTComprehensive and effective care techniques have become essential due to the global epidemic dimensions of metabolic disorders, including diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular ailments. Recent research highlights the potential of dietary supplements, herbal extracts, and phytochemicals in treating metabolic diseases. This abstract conveys the current state of the science in this field by highlighting these findings' underlying mechanisms and potential therapeutic applications. Plant-based diets con...
Source: Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders Drug Targets - April 27, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Praveen Halagali Aparna Inamdar Jagroop Singh Amit Anand Poulami Sadhu Rashmi Pathak Himanshu Sharma Deepak Biswas Source Type: research
Effect of Ba2+ on the biomineralization of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions induced by Bacillus licheniformis
In this study,Bacillus licheniformis was used to bio-precipitate calcium, magnesium, and barium ions. The effects of barium ions on the physiological and biochemical characteristics of bacteria, as well as the components of extracellular polymers and mineral characteristics, were also studied in systems containing coexisting barium, calcium, and magnesium ions. The results show that the increasing concentrations of barium ions decreased pH, carbonic anhydrase activity, and concentrations of bicarbonate and carbonate ions, while it increased the contents of humic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, and DNA in extracellular po...
Source: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology - April 26, 2024 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
Utilization of some fruit rinds in small ruminant feeding: nutritional characteristics determination
In conclusion, the present rinds differed in chemical-nutritional characteristics. These rinds may feed as a substitute for conventional forages in the diets of small ruminants on a large scale throughout the year; however, these in vitro findings need to be scientifically validated unde r in vivo experiments. (Source: Tropical Animal Health and Production)
Source: Tropical Animal Health and Production - April 26, 2024 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research
Heavy Metal Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease
Circ Res. 2024 Apr 26;134(9):1160-1178. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323617. Epub 2024 Apr 25.ABSTRACTHeavy metals are harmful environmental pollutants that have attracted widespread attention due to their health hazards to human cardiovascular disease. Heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, and chromium, are found in various sources such as air, water, soil, food, and industrial products. Recent research strongly suggests a connection between cardiovascular disease and exposure to toxic heavy metals. Epidemiological, basic, and clinical studies have revealed that heavy metals can promote the production of...
Source: Circulation Research - April 25, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ziwei Pan Tingyu Gong Ping Liang Source Type: research
Heavy Metal Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease
Circ Res. 2024 Apr 26;134(9):1160-1178. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323617. Epub 2024 Apr 25.ABSTRACTHeavy metals are harmful environmental pollutants that have attracted widespread attention due to their health hazards to human cardiovascular disease. Heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, and chromium, are found in various sources such as air, water, soil, food, and industrial products. Recent research strongly suggests a connection between cardiovascular disease and exposure to toxic heavy metals. Epidemiological, basic, and clinical studies have revealed that heavy metals can promote the production of...
Source: Atherosclerosis - April 25, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ziwei Pan Tingyu Gong Ping Liang Source Type: research
Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 1974: Influence of Hydrothermal Modification on Adsorptive Performance of Clay Minerals for Malachite Green
Hai Wang
Artificially modified adsorbing materials mainly aim to remedy the disadvantages of natural materials as much as possible. Using clay materials such as rectorite, sodium bentonite and metakaolinite (solid waste material) as base materials, hydrothermally modified and unmodified materials were compared. CM-HT and CM (adsorbing materials) were prepared and used to adsorb and purify wastewater containing malachite green (MG) dye, and the two materials were characterized through methods such as BET, FT-IR, SEM and XRD. Results: (1) The optimal conditions for hydrothermal modification of CM-HT were a temperature...
Source: Molecules - April 25, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Enwen Wang Teng Huang Qian Wu Lanchun Huang Desong Kong Hai Wang Tags: Article Source Type: research
Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 1984: A Review of Ultrasonic Treatment in Mineral Flotation: Mechanism and Recent Development
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Song
Ultrasonic treatment has been widely used in the mineral flotation process due to its advantages in terms of operational simplicity, no secondary pollutant formation, and safety. Currently, many studies have reported the effect of ultrasonic treatment on mineral flotation and shown excellent flotation performance. In this review, the ultrasonic mechanisms are classified into three types: the transient cavitation effect, stable cavitation effect, and acoustic radiation force effect. The effect of the main ultrasonic parameters, including ultrasonic power and ultrasonic frequency, on mineral flotation are disc...
Source: Molecules - April 25, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Zhang Du Hu Zhang Song Tags: Review Source Type: research
Role of oxalic acid in fungal and bacterial metabolism and its biotechnological potential
AbstractOxalic acid and oxalates are secondary metabolites secreted to the surrounding environment by fungi, bacteria, and plants. Oxalates are linked to a variety of processes in soil, e.g. nutrient availability, weathering of minerals, or precipitation of metal oxalates. Oxalates are also mentioned among low-molecular weight compounds involved indirectly in the degradation of the lignocellulose complex by fungi, which are considered to be the most effective degraders of wood. The active regulation of the oxalic acid concentration is linked with enzymatic activities; hence, the biochemistry of microbial biosynthesis and d...
Source: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology - April 25, 2024 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
Urinary Silicon Excretion in Relation to Lactation and Bone Mineral Density - a Longitudinal Study Post-partum
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s12011-024-04175-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSilicon (Si) may be a mineral beneficial for bone health. Pregnancy and lactation have major impacts on maternal bone metabolism as bone minerals, including calcium (Ca), are required for growth of the foetus and for milk production. Like urinary Ca excretion, Si excretion has been reported to be high in pregnant women, but there are no data post-partum and during lactation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the urinary excretion of Si (U-Si), from the third trimester of pregnancy until 18 months post-partum, and ...
Source: Biological Trace Element Research - April 24, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Catarina Magnusson Hanna Augustin Ravin Jugdaohsingh Jonathan J Powell Lena Hulth én Maria Ransj ö Source Type: research
Urinary Silicon Excretion in Relation to Lactation and Bone Mineral Density - a Longitudinal Study Post-partum
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s12011-024-04175-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSilicon (Si) may be a mineral beneficial for bone health. Pregnancy and lactation have major impacts on maternal bone metabolism as bone minerals, including calcium (Ca), are required for growth of the foetus and for milk production. Like urinary Ca excretion, Si excretion has been reported to be high in pregnant women, but there are no data post-partum and during lactation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the urinary excretion of Si (U-Si), from the third trimester of pregnancy until 18 months post-partum, and ...
Source: Biological Trace Element Research - April 24, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Catarina Magnusson Hanna Augustin Ravin Jugdaohsingh Jonathan J Powell Lena Hulth én Maria Ransj ö Source Type: research
