LITTORAL ZONE OF SOUTH-BRAZILIAN COASTAL LAKES: ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF THE SEDIMENTS

Cell culture systems have become increasingly popular as a means of screening toxic agents and studying toxic mechanisms of drugs and other chemicals at the cellular and subcellular levels. These in vitro tests can be conducted rapidly in a broad range of relevant mammalian culture systems; a variety of biological and biochemical cytotoxicity endpoints can be examined. The following study utilized human keratinocytes to evaluate the relative cytotoxicities of nitrofurazone (NF) and silver sulfadiazine (SS), the active ingredients of FURACIN(R) Topical Cream and SILVADENE(R) Cream, respectively. These compounds are anti-infectives used in the treatment of burn patients. Cell ultrastructure and elemental composition were utilized as cytotoxicity endpoints.Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes (HK) were prepared from the EpiPackTM culture system (Clonetics Corporation, Boulder, CO). For scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), cells were seeded on sterile 35 mm Falcon plastic dishes; for elemental microanalysis, cells were plated on polished pyrolytic carbon discs (E. Fullam, Latham, NY) placed in the culture dishes.

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Electron probe x-ray microanalysis and electron microscopy of amino acid absorption and transport by the small intestine: inhibition by chemical poisons and correlation to the elemental composition of the epithelial cells

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100142311 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 134-135

Author(s):

A. J. Tousimis

Keyword(s):

Small Intestine ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Epithelial Cells ◽

Elemental Composition ◽

Isotope Labeling ◽

Structural Components ◽

X Ray ◽

Human Small Intestine ◽

Transport Studies

The elemental composition of amino acids is similar to that of the major structural components of the epithelial cells of the small intestine and other tissues. Therefore, their subcellular localization and concentration measurements are not possible by x-ray microanalysis. Radioactive isotope labeling: I131-tyrosine, Se75-methionine and S35-methionine have been successfully employed in numerous absorption and transport studies. The latter two have been utilized both in vitro and vivo, with similar results in the hamster and human small intestine. Non-radioactive Selenomethionine, since its absorption/transport behavior is assumed to be the same as that of Se75- methionine and S75-methionine could serve as a compound tracer for this amino acid.

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34. Size-Selective Elemental Composition Of Welding Fumes In Area Samples

10.3320/1.2758383 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

J. Schnackenbeck ◽

S. Erdal ◽

T. Schoonover ◽

L. Conroy

Keyword(s):

Elemental Composition ◽

Welding Fumes

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Elemental composition of compact human bone correlated with the osteocyte network

Bone Abstracts ◽

10.1530/boneabs.5.p37 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Roschger ◽

Paul Roschger ◽

Felix Repp ◽

Wolfgang Wagermaier ◽

Richard Weinkamer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Elemental Composition ◽

Human Bone

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Species composition and distribution of marine macro algae at Co To and Thanh Lan archipelago

Tạp chí Khoa học và Công nghệ Biển ◽

10.15625/1859-3097/20/3/15247 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 267-276

Author(s):

Dam Duc Tien ◽

Nguyen Thi Mai Anh ◽

Linh Manh Nguyen ◽

Pham Thu Hue ◽

Lawrence Liao

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Littoral Zone ◽

Marine Algae ◽

Similarity Coefficient ◽

Algal Flora ◽

Average Value ◽

Site Number ◽

Species Composition And Distribution ◽

Total Species ◽

Macro Algae

This paper exhibites species composition and distribution of marine seaweed at 10 sites of Co To and Thanh Lan islands in May 2019. The studies record 76 species of marine algae in the area, belonging to four divisions: Cyanophytes, Rhodophytes, Ochrophytes and Chlorophytes. Among them, five species are classified into Cyanophytes (comprising 6.6% of total species); thirty-four species into Rhodophytes (44.7%); twenty-one species into Ochrophytes/Phaeophytes (27.6%) and sixteen species into Chlorophytes (21.1%). The species composition of marine seaweeds in Co To and Thanh Lan shows significant differences as follows: 22 species (sites number 4 and 10) to 58 species (site number 2) and the average value is 38.7 species per site. Sørensen similarity coefficient fluctuates from 0.33 (sites number 5 and 10) to 0.84 (sites number 1 and 3) and the average value is 0.53. The current investigations show that four species of twenty-one species are collected in the littoral zone and forty-two species in the sub-littoral zone (in which there are thirteen species distributed in both littoral zone and sub-littoral zone). The algal flora in Co To and Thanh Lan is characterized by subtropics.

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