Cadmium biological relevance

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Tripod ligands of the pyrazolyl/thioimidazolyl-borate offering N2S, NS2, and S3-donor sets were employed in the study of biologically relevant alkylations of the R-thiolate zinc complexes (R = ethyl-, benzyl-, phenyl-, and p-nitrophenyl).78 A review recently described the use of poly(mercaptoimidazolyl)-borate in the chelation of cadmium and mercury.107... 

Such specific mechanisms have been demonstrated by experiments in a multichamber device, where competition between various target substrates can be studied (Calmano et al. 1988). In fact, the dominant role of organic matrices in the binding of metals like cadmium or copper and of organic micropollutants is of particular relevance for the transfer of these compounds into biological systems. It can be expected that even at relatively small percentages of organic substrates, these materials are primarily involved in metabolic processes and thus, may constitute the major carriers by which micropollutants are transferred within the food-chain. 

The following parameters are of relevance for the fate of cadmium in the organism 1. Dose (external and internal), 2. absorption, 3. distribution and transport, 4. excretion, 5. biological half-time, 6. interactions. ... 

Solid State Structures of Cadmium Complexes with Relevance for Biological Systems... 

The selection of the ligands of biological interest for a solid phase structural study of cadmium complexes that are relevant to biological systems took into account those compounds which can be applied as potential antidotes in the... 

It is evident that the precise determination of cadmium in biological samples, including blood, plasma, serum, and urine as well as hair, saliva, and various tissues is an important issue. Chapter 4 describes the relevant analytical tools like inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), electrochemical methods, neutron activation analysis (NAA), and X- ray... 

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