Ascorbic acid induces nitric oxide production in human leukocytes.
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Determination of total chromium in whole blood, blood components, bone, and urine by fast furnace program electrothermal atomization AAS and using neither analyte isoformation nor background correction.
Fast furnace program (total furnace time < 45 s) electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometric (ETA-AAS) determinations of total Cr in several clinical materials were carried out in conventional (DABC) and transverse (ZEBC) heated graphite atomizers. Before spectrometric determination, test portions of the samples were diluted at different ratios in appropriate solvents: (a) whole blood (WB), blood plasma (BP), blood serum (BS), and red blood cells (RBC), 1 + 4 in 0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100; (b) urine (U), 1 + 4 in 0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100 + 0.01 mol/L nitric acid; and (c) bone (B) specimens and the certified reference materials after microwave mineralization, 1 + 9 in 0.01 mol/L nitric acid. The refractoriness of Cr allowed pyrolysis at a high temperature (approximately 1650 degrees C). As a consequence, two facts arose: first, isoformation was unnecessary; and second, background correction, independent of use of continuum source (DABC design) or Zeeman effect (ZEBC design) correction, was not required. For these reasons, the fast furnace program ETA-AAS analyses were simply done by automatic injection of 10-microL aliquots of the diluted test portions (or aqueous Cr standards) into either pyrolytic graphite-coated graphite tubes (DABC design; wall atomization performed) or pyrolytic graphite-coated graphite tubes with integrated pyrolytic graphite platforms (ZEBC design; integrated platform atomization performed), using neither analyte isoformation nor background correction; wall atomization in coated tubes was preferred. Under these experimental conditions, the limits of detection (3 sigma, micrograms/L Cr) and the characteristic masses (pg of Cr) were 0.03 and 2.7 (DABC design) and 0.2 and 5.0 (ZEBC design), respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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The neurochemical basis of learning and neurocomputation: the redox theory.
This paper presents a new theory of the biochemical basis of learning and neurocomputation. It has now been determined that excitatory synapses on dendritic spines in the brain are continually being formed and removed. This requires a neurochemical mechanism. There is evidence to suggest that the redox state of the glutamate synapse plays an important role in determining the growth or deletion of that synapse. This redox state is controlled by the balance between the pro-oxidants hydrogen peroxide and the nitric acid radical, and the antioxidants ascorbate, carnosine, the nitrosium ion and catecholamines. Key enzymes involved are prostaglandin H synthase and nitric acid synthase. Mediation of signals of reinforcing stimuli by the catecholamines may be mediated in part by their antioxidant effect on glutamate synapses. Some experiments to test the theory are suggested.
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Investigation of decomposition products of microwave digestion of food samples.
The involatile residues remaining after closed-vessel microwave digestion of various food samples, using nitric acid, with and without post-digestion treatment with hydrogen peroxide, have been studied. Decomposition products were found to include aliphatic and aromatic acids, nitro-compounds, oxalates and inorganic nitrates and phosphates. Measures of digestion completeness were provided by appearance, carbon content, infrared spectra and thin layer chromatograms of the residues, enabling a comparison of different digestion methods and sample types. Residual carbon levels varied linearly with the relative amounts of carboxylic acid and inorganic nitrate, as measured by infrared spectrometry of the residues. The formation of calcium oxalate was also a function of the degree of decomposition: the carboxylic acid: oxalate ratio increased in a logarithmic fashion with increasing residual carbon content. Particularly high levels of residual carbon from nitric acid digestion of milk powder, due largely to carboxylic acid residues, were substantially decreased by post-digestion treatment with hydrogen peroxide. However, nitrobenzoic acids, which proved major interferents in electrochemical analysis, were only removed by treatment with perchloric acid.
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Characteristics of neutralization of acids by newly isolated fungal cells.
Soil microorganisms play an important role in maintaining soil pH at levels suitable for other soil organisms. To clarify the biological neutralization mechanism in soil, we isolated soil microorganisms showing a high ability to neutralize acids and studied their characteristics. From our taxonomic study, three isolated strains were identified as filamentous fungi, namely Mucor sp., Aspergillus fumigatus, and Aureobasidium pullulans. These strains could secrete basic materials, such as ammonia, for neutralization, grow in the medium at pH 4.0 and increase the pH of the medium to approximately 8.0. These microbial cells could neutralize not only nitric acid but also sulfuric and hydrochloric acids. The strains could also grow by utilizing nitric acid as a sole nitrogen source. In the soil containing these organisms, the pH was maintained in the neutral range by the buffering action of basic materials that they secrete. These results suggest that these fungal cells are useful for protecting the soil from acidification by acid rain.
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Flame atomic absorption spectrometric determination of trace amounts of nickel after extraction and preconcentration onto natural modified analcime zeolite loaded with 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol.
Nickel is a moderately toxic element compared with other transition metals. However, inhalation of nickel and its compounds leads to serious problems, including cancer of the respiratory system and a skin disorder, nickel-eczema. Thus, attention has focused on the toxicity of nickel at low concentrations, and the development of reliable, analytical approaches for the determination of trace amounts of nickel is needed. This paper describes a simple, rapid, and sensitive flame atomic absorption spectrometric method for the determination of trace amounts of nickel in various samples after adsorption of its 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol complex on a modified Analcime column in the pH range of 7.5-10.5. The retained analyte on the Analcime is recovered with 5.0 mL 2 M nitric acid and determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The detection limit is 20 ng/mL, and the calibration curve is linear for analyte concentrations in the range of 0.1-8 microg/mL final solution, with a correlation coefficient of 0.9993. Eight replicate determinations of nickel at 2 microg/mL in the final solution gave an absorbance of 0.1222, with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of +/-1.2%. The interference of a large number of anions and cations was studied, and the proposed method was used for the determination of nickel in various standard reference samples. The accuracy of the proposed method was evaluated by analyzing standard reference samples, and the results were satisfactory (recoveries of >96%; RSD of <3.5%).
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Development of rapid plutonium analysis for environmental samples by isotope dilution/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with on-line column.
This paper describes our development of a rapid on-line column/ID-ICP-MS technique for the analysis of plutonium (Pu) in environmental samples using an UTEVA extraction chromatograph resin (UTEVA resin) column. It took only 40 min to separate and measure Pu in the sample solution, including the time for conditioning the resin column for the next analysis. In our method, Pu in a 3 M nitric acid solution was fed to the UTEVA resin, and then eluted from the resin by reducing Pu to Pu(III) with 3 M nitric acid mixed with 0.01 M ascorbic acid after washing the resin. The outflow from the resin column was directly introduced to an ICP-MS system. The low concentration of ascorbic acid and the small volume of the eluting solution (0.6 mL) made successive stable analysis possible without any skimmer cone clogging. The chemical recovery of Pu during column operation was 70%, and typical lower detection limits for 239Pu, 240Pu and 242Pu were 9.2, 4.3 and 7.5 fg (21, 36 and 1.1 microBq), respectively. We analyzed five international standard materials for Pu, and obtained good results.
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Update on current models of HIV-related neuronal injury: platelet-activating factor, arachidonic acid and nitric oxide.
This review aims to summarize recent work related to the pathogenesis and possible treatment of neuronal injury in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), especially with reference to potential neurotoxic substances released by HIV-infected or gp120-stimulated macrophages/microglia. Approximately a third of adults and half of children with AIDS eventually suffer from neurological manifestations, including dysfunction of cognition, movement, and sensation. Among the various pathologies reported in brains of patients with AIDS is neuronal injury and loss. A paradox arises, however, because neurons themselves are for all intents and purposes not infected by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). This paper reviews recent evidence suggesting that at least part of the neuronal injury observed in the brains of AIDS patients is related to excessive influx of Ca2+ after the release of potentially noxious substances from HIV-infected or gp120-stimulated macrophages/microglia. There is growing support for the existence of HIV- or immune-related toxins that lead indirectly to the injury or demise of neurons via a potentially complex web of interactions between macrophages (or microglia), astrocytes, and neurons. HIV-infected monocytoid cells (macrophages, microglia or monocytes), especially after interacting with astrocytes, secrete substances that potentially contribute to neurotoxicity. Not all of these substances are yet known, but they may include eicosanoids, i.e. arachidonic acid and its metabolites, as well as platelet-activating factor. Other candidate toxins include nitric oxide (NO.), superoxide anion (O2.-), and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) agonist, cysteine. Similarly, macrophages activated by HIV-1 envelope protein gp120 also appear to release arachidonic acid and its metabolites, and cysteine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Effect of the matrix of the standard on results of atomic absorption spectrophotometry of zinc in serum.
Zinc in pooled human serum, diluted 10-fold with demineralized water, was determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Recoveries of zinc added to the serum were calculated by use of standards prepared in water, physiological saline, synthetic serum, or dilute HNO3 (10 ml/liter). The flow rates were essentially the same (9.1 to 9.3 ml/min) for water, diluted synthetic serum or actual human serum, and diluted nitric acid. The mean apparent percentage recoveries (plus or minus SD) were the best (102.6 plus or minus 2.5) when the standards were prepared in nitric acid; the values obtained when standards in water were used were too high (111.5 plus or minus 3.9); those with standards prepared in physiological saline (92.0 plus or minus 3.2) or synthetic serum (92.3 plus or minus 2.5) were too low.
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Folic acid rescues nitric oxide-induced neural tube closure defects.
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Determination of heavy metals in foods by anodic stripping voltammetry after sample decomposition with sodium and potassium nitrate fusion.
A method is described for the simultaneous determination of several heavy metals in foods. The sample is predigested with nitric acid and decomposed completely by heating with a mixture of sodium and potassium nitrates. The resultant melt containing the metals is then dissolved in dilute nitric acid. After the pH is adjusted to an appropriate value, the metals, such as cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc, are determined by anodic stripping voltammetry. The average recoveries of these metals added to 5 commodities were 98, 98,96, and 104%, respectively. The relative standard deviations, based on data from analyses of a commodity containing measurable levels of copper, lead, and zinc, were 12.0, 13.0, and 9.7%, respectively.
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A sensitive method for the determination of uranium in biological samples utilizing kinetic phosphorescence analysis (KPA).
Kinetic phosphorescence analysis is a technique that provides rapid, precise and accurate determination of uranium concentration in aqueous solutions. This technique utilizes a laser source to excite an aqueous solution of uranium, and measures the emission luminescence intensity over time to determine the luminescence decay profile. The lifetime of the luminescence decay profile and the linearity of the log luminescence intensity versus time profile are indications of the specificity of the technique for uranium determination. The luminescence intensity at the onset of decay (the initial luminescence intensity), which is the luminescence intensity at time zero after termination of the laser pulse used for excitation, is proportional to the uranium concentration in the sample. Calibration standards of known uranium concentrations are used to construct the calibration curve between the initial luminescence intensity and uranium concentration. This calibration curve is used to determine the uranium concentration of unknown samples from their initial luminescence intensity. We developed the sample preparation method that allows the determination of uranium concentrations in urine, plasma, kidney, liver, bone spleen and soft tissue samples. Tissue samples are subjected to dry-ashing in a muffle furnace at 600 degrees C and wet-ashing with concentrated nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide twice to destroy the organic component in the sample that may interfere with uranium determination by KPA. Samples are then solubilized in 0.82 M nitric acid prior to analysis by KPA. The assay calibration curves are linear and cover the range of uranium concentrations between 0.05 micrograms l-1 and 1000 micrograms l-1 (0.05-1000 ppb). The developed sample preparation procedures coupled with the KPA technique provide a specific, sensitive, precise and accurate method for the determination of uranium concentration in tissue samples. This method was used to quantify uranium in different tissue samples obtained over a period of 90 days following a single intraperitoneal uranium dose of 0.1 mg kg-1 in rats.
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[Characteristics of the serum proteins of cancer patients in an acid medium].
Under condition of nitric acid titration of aqueous and hydrochloride solutions of sera from patients with cancer certain serum proteins become insoluble at higher values of pH as compared to the other proteins of sera. The latter lose solubility at the pH values corresponding to transition to the insoluble state of serum proteins from people without malignant tumours. The results of studies in the temperature regime effect on the found peculiarities of serum proteins from patients with cancer in the acid medium permit assuming that the physical bases of the marked transitions are different. The mentioned regularity is not pronounced with a temperature rise up to 35--40 degree C.
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Development of a new microelectrolysis system for in-situ electrodeposition of ultra-traces of gold prior to measurement by ETAAS.
Electrodeposition is known to be suitable for separation and preconcentration of extremely low concentrations of analyte from bulk samples and is instrumentally is very simple. In this approach a new combined system was designed for in-situ electrodeposition of ultratrace levels of gold from micro samples on to a graphite furnace prior to determination by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). Sediment samples were digested and traces of the gold content were extracted with boiling aqua regia. To prevent the highly corrosive effect of aqua regia media, the graphite tube surface was pre-coated by electrodeposition of ppm amounts of Pd prior to sample introduction. Separation of the analyte from the matrix was achieved by electrodeposition of the analyte in situ on the Pd/C surface of the furnace tube. Vanadium was also used as a modifier to stabilize the analyte from decomposition at charring temperatures. By using the proposed microelectrolysis preconcentration technique a considerable improvement in sensitivity and detection limit was achieved compared with conventional ETAAS. Characteristic masses for ED-ETAAS techniques in both nitric acid and aqua regia were reported to be m(o)=4.1 pg, with %RSD=2.9; the calculated LOD was 0.105 ppb, and typical calibration graphs for this element in nitric acid and aqua regia for both techniques were linear up to 70 microg L(-1) with about 99% recovery. Six reference sediments samples were tested by the proposed technique and by the Conv-ETAAS method. The results were in agreement with recommended values (reported by a reference laboratory using UV-visible spectrometry), demonstrating the efficiency of extraction and preconcentration of ultratrace levels of gold.
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Determination of selenium in infant formula and enteral formula by dry ash graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with deuterium background correction.
A method was developed to determine selenium in infant formula using a graphite furnace equipped with deuterium background correction after dry ashing. The method circumvents the use of perchloric acid, 2,3-diaminonapthalene (DAN) and hydride generation without the use of Zeeman background correction. Twelve commercial infant and enteral formulas and corresponding spiked products (30-500 ng) were analyzed in triplicate for Se to evaluate this method. All test portions were digested on a hot plate after addition of magnesium nitrate-nitric acid. Following heating, digests were evaporated to dryness and placed in a 500 degrees C muffle furnace for 30 min to complete ashing. All Se was converted to Se+4 by dissolving the ash in HCl (5 + 1) and holding the solution for 20 min in a 60 degrees C water bath. Se+4 was subsequently reduced to Se(zero) with ascorbic acid and collected on a membrane filter. The membrane filters were digested in a small volume of nitric acid in a microwave oven. Following digestion, contents of the vessels were diluted and analyzed for Se by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Selenium standards in starch or in unfortified formula containing trace levels of Se were carried through the entire process. The recovery range for Se was 85-127%, and analyzed reference materials fell within their certified range for Se. This method is as sensitive (detection limit 0.44 ng Se/g) as methods reported in the literature and may be applicable to other foods.
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[Development of trace metal ion analysis].
Analyses of trace biologically essential or toxic ionic compounds found in the environment are very important. However, the lack of sensitivity and interference caused by coexisting components are often serious problems. To determine trace levels of metal ions without the above problems, new preconcentration and analytical methods have been developed. Firstly, three methods for the selective preconcentration of metal ions are shown below: 1) 3-Chloropyridazine-6-carbohydrazide was immobilized on glass beads supports to be used as a column packing material. Multi-metal ions were concentrated on the column and eluted selectively with several buffers and hydrochloric acid. The eluate was analyzed off-line by flame atomized-atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). This method was able to determine sub-ppb levels of cupper- and cadmium-ions in environmental samples. 2) Salicylideneamino-2-thiophenol was immobilized on the supports. Aluminum ion was concentrated selectively on the column and eluted with nitric acid. The eluate was analyzed off-line by flameless-AAS or on-line by flow injection analysis using pyrocatechol violet for a post-column colorimetric reagent. These methods were able to determine ppb-ppt levels of aluminium in environmental samples and were suitable for its state-analysis. 3) Bathocuproinesulfonic acid was immobilized on the supports. Copper ion was concentrated selectively on the column and eluted with nitric acid. The eluate was analyzed on-line by flow injection analysis using bathocuproinesulfonic acid. This method was able to determine sub-ppb levels of copper in environmental samples. On the other hand, to analyze simultaneously trace metal ions and anions, capillary electrophoresis was performed using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as an electrolyte component. Simultaneous determination of several ions in mineral waters was achieved by the system.
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Effects of ambient air pollutants on asthma medication use and wheezing among fourth-grade school children from 12 Southern California communities enrolled in The Children's Health Study.
To investigate the effects of 12 monthly average air pollution levels on monthly prevalence of respiratory morbidity, the authors examined retrospective questionnaire data on 2034 4th-grade children from 12 Southern California communities that were enrolled in The Children's Health Study. Wheezing during the spring and summer months was associated with community levels of airborne particulate matter with a diameter < or = 10 microm (PM10) (odds ratio (OR) = 2.91; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.46-5.80), but was not associated with community levels of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 (diameter < or = 2.5), nitric acid, or formic acid. Logistic regression was performed on data stratified into two seasonal groups, spring/summer and fall/winter. Among asthmatics, the monthly prevalence of asthma medication use was associated with monthly levels of ozone, nitric acid, and acetic acid (OR = 1.80 [95%CI = 1.19-2.70]; OR = 1.80 [95%CI = 1.23-2.65]; OR = 1.57 [95% CI = 1.11-2.21]; respectively). Asthma medication use was more prevalent among children who spent more time outdoors--with consequential exposure to ozone--than among children who spent more time indoors (OR = 3.07 [95%CI = 1.61-5.86]; OR = 1.31 [95%CI = 0.47-2.71]; respectively). The authors concluded that monthly variations in some ambient air pollutants were associated with monthly respiratory morbidity among school children.
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Experiments on the formation of particles by chemical reactions in the dark and under influence of light.
Some experiments concerning the photochemical production of condensation nuclei are described. Preliminary measurements of filtered atomospheric air, initially free of particles yielded high concentrations of particles by reactions in the dark when the air was previously irradiated by sunlight. In further investigations a definite composition of pure gases was used. The formation of nitric acid particles from NO2 in pure nitrogen of different relative humidities in the dark and under influence of light was investigated. No particle formation was found which could be correlated to any production of nitric acid nuclei. Even within a spectral region in which photolysis of NO2 takes place no HNO3-nucleation could be found. The particles detected under certain conditions of irradiation originate from impurities in the walls of the reaction chamber. Particle growth in an irradiated mixture of N2 and NO2 with benzene is demonstrated and the mean radius of particles is calculated from measurement with a diffusion battery.
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