Investigating immobilization efficiency of Pb in solution and loess soil using bio-inspired carbonate precipitation

ZF Xue, WC Cheng, YX Xie, L Wang, W Hu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) metal accumulation in surrounding environments can cause serious threats to
human health, causing liver and kidney function damage. This work explored the potential of …

Immobilizing of lead and copper using chitosan-assisted enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation

L Wang, WC Cheng, ZF Xue, B Zhang, XJ Lv - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) is considered as an environmentally
friendly method for immobilizing heavy metals (HMs). The fundamental of the EICP method …

Immobilizing lead in aqueous solution and loess soil using microbially induced carbonate/phosphate precipitation (MICP/MIPP) under harsh pH environments

ZF Xue, WC Cheng, L Wang, YX Xie, P Qin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The bioaccumulation of heavy metals due to metallurgical and smelting activities threatens
human health. Although microbial-induced carbonate/phosphate precipitation (MICP/MIPP) …

based analytical device with colorimetric detection for urease activity determination in soils and evaluation of potential inhibitors

MC Tavares, KA Oliveira, Â de Fátima, WKT Coltro… - Talanta, 2021 - Elsevier
Urease is an enzyme associated with the degradation of urea, an important nitrogen fertilizer
in agriculture. Thus, this current report describes the use of a paper-based analytical device …

A mechanized urease activity assay

J Bzura, R Koncki - Enzyme and microbial technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Two fully mechanized flow analysis systems for urease activity assays have been
developed, characterized and compared. Both of them are based on almost the same …

A comparative study of various parameters influencing biocalcification via ureolysis mediated by enzyme and microbe: A comprehensive review

D Suresh, KV Uday - Geomicrobiology Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The biocalcification process in soil via urea hydrolysis is mediated by bacterial urease
enzyme (microbially induced carbonate precipitation, MICP) or free urease (enzyme induced …

[HTML][HTML] Bioanalytical insight into the life of microbial populations: A chemical monitoring of ureolytic bacteria growth

J Bzura, D Korsak, R Koncki - Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
In this publication an alternative approach to investigations of bacterial growth is proposed.
Contrary to the conventional physical methods it is based on enzyme activity detection. The …

Complexes of N-and O-donor ligands as potential urease inhibitors

SR Shah, Z Shah, M Khiat, A Khan, LR Hill, S Khan… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report five new transition-metal complexes that inhibit the urease enzyme. Barbituric acid
(BTA), thiobarbituric acid (TBA), isoniazid (INZ), and nicotinamide (NCA) ligands were …

[PDF][PDF] Biophysical insights on Jack bean urease in the presence of silver chloride phytonanoparticles generated from Mentha piperita L. leaves

ME Barbinta-Patrascu, C Chilom, C Nichita, I Zgura… - Rom. Rep. Phys, 2022 - rrp.nipne.ro
Recent progress in “Green” Nanotechnology is trying to fight against many diseases, a
special interest being given to silver-based nanoparticles biogenerated from plants. In this …

Urease inhibition and anti-leishmanial properties of Zn(II) complexes of thiophenyl and furyl-derived C2-symmetric ligands

S Nayab, M Khan, Y Cho, H Lee - Journal of Coordination …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A series of Zn (II) complexes (1-4) supported by thiophenyl-and furyl-derived N, N-diamines
ligands, L1-L4, where L1= 2, 2-dimethyl-N1, N3-bis (thiophen-2-ylmethyl) propane-1, 3 …