Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Speciation of metal drugs, supplements and toxins in media and bodily fluids controls in vitro activities

A Levina, DC Crans, PA Lay - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Studies of metal uptake, metabolism and excretion by single bacterial, yeast, plant and
animal cells is a widespread area of research, yet little is known about the reactivity and …

Thiol-modified cellulose nanofibrous composite membranes for chromium (VI) and lead (II) adsorption

R Yang, KB Aubrecht, H Ma, R Wang, RB Grubbs… - Polymer, 2014 - Elsevier
Oxidized cellulose nanofibers (CNF), embedded in an electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN)
nanofibrous scaffold, were grafted with cysteine to increase the adsorption capability for …

Reduction of hexavalent chromium by amorphous iron sulfide

RR Patterson, S Fendorf, M Fendorf - Environmental Science & …, 1997 - ACS Publications
The reduction of Cr (VI) to Cr (III) decreases the toxicity and mobility of chromium
contaminants in soils and water. In addition, the formation of a highly insoluble Cr (III) …

Metal complexes of organophosphate esters and open-framework metal phosphates: synthesis, structure, transformations, and applications

R Murugavel, A Choudhury, MG Walawalkar… - Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus is a vital element both in living matter and in the Earth's crust. The human body
contains about 1% by weight of the element phosphorus, about 4/5 of this being present as …

Chemistry of chromium in soils with emphasis on tannery waste sites

S Avudainayagam, M Megharaj, G Owens… - Reviews of …, 2003 - Springer
Worldwide chromium contamination of soils has arisen predominantly from the common
practice of land-based disposal of tannery wastes under the assumption that the dominant …

Mechanistic studies of relevance to the biological activities of chromium

A Levina, PA Lay - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Cellular uptake of Cr (VI), followed by its reduction to Cr (III) with the formation of reactive Cr
(V/IV) intermediates, is a generally accepted cause of Cr (VI)-induced genotoxicity and …

Studies on the genotoxicity of chromium: from the test tube to the cell

R Codd, CT Dillon, A Levina, PA Lay - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
A critical review of the relevance of in vitro chemical studies to Cr-induced cancers is given.
In particular, the nature of the most likely reductants, the species that stabilise intermediates …

Chromium in biology: toxicology and nutritional aspects

A Levina, R Codd, CT Dillon… - Progress in inorganic …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The authors make a critical assessment of the large body of recent research into Cr
chemistry and biochemistry in relation to its biological activities. Insight is provided to …

Substitution kinetics, albumin and transferrin affinities, and hypoxia all affect the biological activities of anticancer vanadium (V) complexes

A Levina, C Uslan, H Murakami, DC Crans… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Limited stability of most transition-metal complexes in biological media has hampered their
medicinal applications but also created a potential for novel cancer treatments, such as …