I WAS a little surprised to notice from a paragraph in Prof. McLeod's letter in NATURE, vol. xxiv. p. 28, that he had been unable to repeat Dr. Carnelley's experiment with mercuric chloride.

The mechanism of renal uptake of nephrotoxic heavy metals such as HgCl2 and NaAsO2 is not clear. The metals are known to react with endogenous sulfhydryls such as glutathione (GSH), so metal-GSH ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Exposure of corn seedlings to different concentrations of the toxic heavy metal mercury(II) led to significantly altered activities of the ...

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The film explains the concept of chemical changes, where two or more materials combine to form entirely different substances. It highlights everyday examples of chemical changes, such as burning wood ...

A team of Japanese researchers discovered high concentrations of mercury at the peak of Mount Fuji in 2013. After further research, they identified the source as China, from which winds had carried ...