Acid–Base Equilibria of Cysteine in Artificial Sea Water: Effect of Ionic Strength on the Basis of Specific Interaction Theory†

1997 ◽  
pp. 222-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Vilariño ◽  
Sarah Fiol ◽  
Isabel Brandariz ◽  
Roberto Herrero ◽  
Manuel E. Sastre de Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Specific Interaction ◽  
Interaction Theory ◽  
Water Effect ◽  
Acid Base ◽  
Specific Interaction Theory

Solvation and redox properties of [Co(en)3]3+-[Co(en)3]2+ system

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adéla Kotočová ◽  
Ulrich Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Lewis Acid ◽  
Specific Interaction ◽  
Redox Properties ◽  
Solvation Effect ◽  
Interacting Particles ◽  
Acid Base ◽  
Polar Solvents ◽  
Oxidation Reduction ◽  
Solvent Molecules

The solvation effect of a number of nonaqueous polar solvents was studied on the oxidation-reduction properties of the [Co(en)3]3+-[Co(en)3]2+ system. Interactions of these ions with the solvent molecules are discussed in terms of their coordination, which is accompanied by a specific interaction of the Lewis acid-base type, namely formation of a hydrogen bond between the interacting particles. This is the main controlling factor of the redox properties of the studied system.

Bioresilience to Mercury Chloride of the Brine Shrimp Artemia Salina after Treatment with Homeopathic Mercurius Corrosivus

Homeopathy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreia Adelaide G. Pinto ◽  
Mirian Y. de Oliveira Nagai ◽  
Ednar Nascimento Coimbra ◽  
Suham Nowrooz Mohammad ◽  
Jefferson Souza Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
Specific Interaction ◽  
Artemia Salina ◽  
Mercury Content ◽  
Mercury Chloride ◽  
Hatching Rate ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Cyst Hatching ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Finding solutions to mitigate the impact of pollution on living systems is a matter of great interest. Homeopathic preparations of toxic substances have been described in the literature as attenuation factors for intoxication. Herein, an experimental study using Artemia salina and mercury chloride was developed as a model to identify aspects related to bioresilience. Aims The aim of the study was to describe the effects of homeopathic Mercurius corrosivus (MC) on Artemia salina cysts hatching and on mercury bioavailability. Methods Artemia salina cysts were exposed to 5.0 µg/mL of mercury chloride during the hatching phase. MC potencies (6cH, 30cH, and 200cH) were prepared in sterile purified water and poured into artificial sea water. Different controls were used (non-challenged cysts and challenged cysts treated with water, succussed water, and Ethilicum 1cH). Four series of nine experiments were performed to evaluate the percentage of cyst hatching. Soluble total mercury (THg) levels and precipitated mercury content were also evaluated. Solvatochromic dyes were used to check for eventual physicochemical markers of MC biological activity. Results Significant delay (p < 0.0001) in cyst hatching was observed only after treatment with MC 30cH, compared with controls. This result was associated with an increase of THg concentration in water (p = 0.0018) and of chlorine/oxygen ratio (p < 0.0001) in suspended micraggregates, suggesting changes in mercury bioavailability. A specific interaction of MC 30cH with the solvatochromic dye ET33 (p = 0.0017) was found. Conclusion Changes in hatching rate and possible changes in Hg bioavailability are postulated as protective effects of MC 30cH on Artemia salina, by improving its natural bioresilience processes.

Experiments on Substrate Selection by Corophium Species: Films and Bacteria on Sand Particles

1964 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-511
Author(s):  
P. S. MEADOWS
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Substrate Selection ◽  
Corophium Volutator ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Substrate Preferences ◽  
Solutions Of Electrolytes ◽  
Sand Particles ◽  
Micro Organisms

1. A simple method is described for determining the substrate preferences of Corophium volutator (Pallas) and Corophium arenarium Crawford. 2. If offered a choice of its own substrate with that of the other species each prefers its own. 3. Level of illumination and colour of substrate have little effect on choice. An animal's size and hence its age has little effect on its substrate preferences. 4. C. volutator prefers a substrate previously maintained under anaerobic conditions, C. arenarium vice versa. 5. Treatments which kill, inactivate, or remove micro-organisms render sands unattractive to Corophium. These include boiling, acid-cleaning, drying, and soaking in fixatives or distilled water. Attempts to make these sands attractive again failed. 6. Distilled water, and solutions of the non-electrolytes sucrose and glycerol at the same osmotic pressure as sea water, induce many bacteria to desorb from sand particles; smaller numbers are desorbed in the presence of solutions of electrolytes at the same ionic strength as sea water (NaCl, Na2SO4, KC1, MgSO4, MgCl2, CaCl2). Of all these, only distilled water and solutions of MgCl2 and CaCl2 reduce the attractive properties of sands. Hence the loss of bacteria from the surface of sand grains, though related to the ionic strength and composition of the medium, is not necessarily associated with a substrate becoming unattractive.

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