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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5) 647–677 (2011)
UDC
543.42:542.943:573.02:541.515+615.27; JSCS–4147; doi: 10.2298/JSC101015064S; Review
REVIEW
The
role of EPR spectroscopy in studies of the oxidative status of biological
systems and the antioxidative properties of various compounds
IVAN
SPASOJEVIĆ, MILOŠ MOJOVIĆ, ALEKSANDAR IGNJATOVIĆ* and GORAN BAČIĆ*
Institute
for Multidisciplinary Research, Kneza Višeslava 1, University of Belgrade,
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
*Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12–16, 11000 Belgrade,
Serbia
(Received 15 October, revised 28
December 2010)
In this
era of intense study of free radicals and antioxidants, electron parAMagnetic
resonance (EPR) is arguably the best-suited technique for such research,
particularly when considering biochemical and biological systems. No attempt
was made to cover all the topics of EPR application but instead attention was
restricted to two areas that are both novel and received less attention in
previous reviews. In the first section, the application of EPR in assessing the
oxidative status of various biological systems, using endogenous stabile
parAMagnetic species, such as the ascorbyl radical, semiquinone, melanin, and
oxidized pigments, is addressed. The second section covers the use of EPR in
the emerging field of antioxidant development, using EPR spin-trapping and
spin-probing techniques. In both sections, in addition to giving an overview of
the available literature, exAMples (mostly from the authors’ recent work) are
also presented in sufficient detail to illustrate how to explore the full
potential of EPR. This review aims at encouraging biologists, chemists and
pharmacologists interested in the redox metabolism of living systems, free
radical chemistry or antioxidative properties of new drugs and natural products
to take advantage of this technique for their investigations.
Keywords:
EPR spectroscopy; oxidative status; antioxidants; spin-probes; spin-traps.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5) 679–684 (2011)
UDC
534–8+542.913:547.853+547.286.2; JSCS–4148; doi: 10.2298/JSC100212057S; Original scientific paper
Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of dihydropyrimidine-2-thiones
JAVAD
SAFAEI-GHOMI and MOHAMMAD ALI GHASEMZADEH
Department
of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Kashan, 51167 Kashan, I. R. Iran
(Received 12 February 2010, revised 9
January 2011)
Chalcone
derivatives were prepared by the condensation of various substituted aryl
aldehydes and acetophenone in alkaline ethanol, while pyrimidine-2-thione
derivatives were prepared by the combination of chalcones and thiourea under
conventional and ultrasonic conditions. Advantages of the ultrasound effect
were observed and high yields of the products were obtained after 20–30 min
sonication. Characterization and structural elucidation of the products was
realized based on chemical, analytical and spectral analyses. The results
clearly demonstrated a high efficiency of the ultrasonic systems was achieved
in the chemical processes.
Keywords:
chalcone derivatives, ultrasound, pyrimidine-2-thione derivatives.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5) 685–692 (2011)
UDC
66.094.414+547.52+547.323+546.32+547.53+547.551.1; JSCS–4149; doi: 10.2298/JSC100212058G; Original scientific paper
Simple and improved regioselective
brominations of aromatic compounds using N-benzyl-N,N-dimethylanilinium
peroxodisulfate in the presence of potassium bromide under mild reactions
conditions
HASSAN
GHASEMNEJAD-BOSRA, FARHAD RAMZANIAN-LEHMALI* and SOMAYE JAFARI
IslAMic
Azad University – Babol Branch, School of Science, P.O. Box 755, Babol, Iran
*University of PayAMenoor, Babol, Iran
(Received 16 March, revised 9 December
2010)
A
simple, efficient, and mild method for the selective bromination of some
activated aromatic compounds using N-benzyl-N,N-dimethylanilinium
peroxodisulfate in the presence of potassium bromide in non-aqueous solution is
reported. The results obtained revealed good to excellent selectivity between
the ortho and para positions of phenols and methoxyarenes.
Keyword: bromination; N-benzyl-N,N-dimethylanilinium
peroxodisulfate; potassium bromide; phenols; methoxyarenes.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5) 693–698 (2011)
UDC 542.913:547.466–326+547.416:615.281/.282–188;
JSCS–4150; doi: 10.2298/JSC100520059S; Original scientific paper
Synthesis, characterisation and
antimicrobial activity of (5-bromo-5-nitro-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-2-yl)
AMino acid esters
PEMMASANI
SANTHIPRIYA, CHINTHAPARTHI RADHA RANI*, NANDANUR JAGANNADHA REDDY, CHEREDDY SYAMA SUNDAR* and CIRANDUR SURESH REDDY*
Department of Chemistry, S.
G. H. R &AMp; M. C. M. R. Degree College, Guntur, India
*Department of Chemistry,
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502, India
(Received 20 May, revised 13 December 2010)
Synthesis of a new series of
(5-bromo-5-nitro-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-2-yl)AMino acid esters (3a–l)
was accomplished via a two step
process, which involves the prior preparation of the monochloride intermediate
(2) and its subsequent reaction with
the AMino acid esters in dry tetrahydrofuran in the presence of triethylAMine
at reflux temperature. The title compounds (3a–l) structures were
established by analytical, IR, 1H-, 13C- and 31P-NMR,
and mass spectral data. They exhibited significant antibacterial and antifungal
activity.
Keywords: dioxaphosphinane;
2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol; AMino acid ester hydrochlorides; antibacterial
activity; antifungal activity.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5) 699–707 (2011)
UDC 579.864+547.466.1:579.61:615.28–188;
JSCS–4151; doi: 10.2298/JSC100605060S; Original scientific paper
The partial
characterization of the antibacterial peptide bacteriocin G2
produced by the probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus
plantarum G2
SVETLANA
L. ŠEATOVIĆ, JELENA S. JOVANOVIĆ NOVAKOVIĆ, GORDANA N. ZAVIŠIĆ, ŽELJKA Č.
RADULOVIĆ, MARIJA Đ. GAVROVIĆ-JANKULOVIĆ* and RATKO M. JANKOV*
Galenika a.d., Batajnički drum bb, 11080 Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
*Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade,
Studentski trg 12–16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
(Received 5 June, revised 15 October
2010)
The aim
of this study was the partial characterization of the antimicrobial peptide
bacteriocin G2 produced by probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus
plantarum G2, which was isolated from a clinical sAMple of a
healthy person. Antimicrobial substance was secreted in the supernatant of an L.
plantarum G2 culture, and showed a diverse spectrum of
antimicrobial activity of all the tested strains of the genera Lactobacillus
and the pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella
аbony. Isoelectric focusing revealed that bacteriocin G2 is a cationic peptide (pI about 10) with a molecular mass of 2.2
kDa according to tricine–sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylAMide gel
electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE. The antimicrobial activity of bacteriocin G2 was diminished by the proteolytic action of
trypsin and proteinase K. Bacteriocin G2 preserved its biological activity in
the temperature range 40–60 °C (15 min), which was lost at 80 °C. Bacteriocin G2 was stable in the pH range 2–9, while
treatment with 1 % Tween 80 and 1 % urea resulted in increased antimicrobial
activity. The probiotic strain L. plantarum G2 produces the antimicrobial substance
proteinaceous in nature with bacteriocin characteristics. Bacteriocin
production is one of the key properties of probiotic bacteria with clinical
potential as anti-infective agents, which will increase the likelihood of its in
vivo efficacy.
Keywords: Lactobacillus
plantarum; probiotic; bacteriocin.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5) 709–717 (2011)
UDC Pouzolzia
zeylanica:547.56:541.515:615.27–188;
JSCS–4152; doi: 10.2298/JSC100818063L; Original scientific paper
Free radical-scavenging capacity, antioxidant
activity and phenolic content of Pouzolzia zeylanica
PEIYUAN
LI, LINI HUO, WEI SU*, RUMEI LU, CHAOCHENG DENG, LIANGQUAN LIU*, YONGKUN DENG, NANA GUO*, CHENGSHENG LU and CHUNLING HE
College
of Pharmacy, Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University, Nanning 530001, P.
R. China
*College of Chemistry and Life Science, Guangxi
Teachers Education University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
(Received 18 August, revised 1 November
2010)
Pouzolzia zeylanica was extracted with different solvents (acetone, ethyl
acetate and petroleum ether), using different protocols (cold-extraction and
Soxhlet extraction). To evaluate the antiradical and antioxidant abilities of
the extracts, four in vitro test
systems were employed, i.e., DPPH,
ABTS and hydroxyl radical scavenging assays and a reducing power assay. All
extracts exhibited outstanding antioxidant activities that were superior to
that of butylated hydroxytoluene. The ethyl acetate extracts exhibited the most
significant antioxidant activities, and cold-extraction under stirring seemed
to be the more efficacious method for acquiring the predominant antioxidants.
Furthermore, the antioxidant activities and total phenolic (TP) content of
different extracts followed the sAMe order, i.e.,
there is a good correlation between antioxidant activities and TP content. The
results showed that these extracts, especially the ethyl acetate extracts,
could be considered as natural antioxidants and may be useful for curing
diseases arising from oxidative deterioration.
Keywords: total phenolic content; DPPH; ABTS; hydroxyl
radical; reducing power; Pouzolzia
zeylanica.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5)
719–731 (2011)
UDC 546.562+546.732:547.586.2; JSCS–4153; doi: 10.2298/JSC101201062V; Original scientific paper
New Cu(II) and Co(II) octaazAMacrocyclic complexes
with 2-AMino-3-phenylpropanoic acid
GORDANA VUČKOVIĆ, MIRJANA
ANTONIJEVIĆ-NIKOLIĆ*, SLAĐANA B. TANASKOVIĆ** and VUKOSAVA
ŽIVKOVIĆ-RADOVANOVIĆ
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 118, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia
*Higher Technological School
of Professional Studies, 15000 Šabac, Serbia
**Faculty of Pharmacy,
Vojvode Stepe 450, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
(Received 1 December 2010, revised 27 January 2011)
New cationic Cu(II) and
Co(II) complexes with N,N’,N”,N’’’-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane
(tpmc) and the anion of 2-AMino-3-phenylpropanoic acid (S-phenylalanine)
were prepared. The complexes were analyzed and characterized by elemental
analysis, conductometric, polarimetric, magnetic and cyclic voltAMmetric
measurements, as well as by spectroscopic data (UV/Vis, IR). Both complexes are
binuclear with the general formula [M2(S-Phe)tpmc](ClO4)3∙nH2O; S-PheH = S-phenylalanine, M(II) =
Cu, n = 7; Co, n = 0. Based on previously reported data for some fAMiliar
complexes and the present results, pentacoordinated geometry was proposed. Both
of the central metal ions are coordinated with two pyridyl and two cyclAM
nitrogens and bridged with –N–(CH2)3–N– portions of the
cyclAM ring and oxygen atoms of the S-phenylalaninate
ion. Antimicrobial screening of the complexes, solvent, starting salts and ligands
alone was performed against fungi, mould and some bacteria. In certain cases,
enhanced activity of Co(II) complex towards bacteria compared with the relevant
free ligands and starting salts was detected.
Keywords: Cu(II)
and Co(II) complexes; pendant octaazAMacrocycle; S-phenylalanine.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5)
733–741 (2011)
UDC 547.686:54.02+66.095.252.5:547.52; JSCS–4154; doi: 10.2298/JSC101201061G; Original scientific paper
Effect of benzocyclobutadieno-annelation
on cyclic conjugation in fluoranthene congeners
IVAN
GUTMAN, BORIS FURTULA and ALEXANDRU T. BALABAN*
Faculty
of Science, University of Kragujevac, P. O. Box 60, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
*Texas
A&AMp;M University at Galveston, 5007 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551, USA
(Received
1 December 2010)
Earlier studies revealed that benzo-annelation
has a peculiar effect on the intensity of cyclic conjugation in the
five-membered ring of fluoranthene congeners. Now, the analogous effect of
benzocyclobutadieno-annelation was exAMined and it was found show it is
opposite to the effect of benzo-annelation: a benzocyclobutadiene fragment in
angular (resp. linear) position with regard to the five-membered ring,
decreases (resp. increases) the intensity of cyclic conjugation in the
five-membered ring.
Keywords:
fluoranthenes; Kekulé structure; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; benzo-annelation;
benzocyclobutadieno-annelation.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5)
743–749 (2011)
UDC
547.313.2+541.124:66.095.252.091.7:536.722; JSCS–4155; doi: 10.2298/JSC100820065L; Original scientific paper
An ab
initio study of the mechanism of the cycloaddition reaction forming
bicyclic compounds between vinylidene (H2C=C:) and ethylene
XIUHUI LU, ZHENXIA LIAN and YONGQING LI
School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, 250022, P. R. China
(Received 20 August, revised 21
September 2010)
The mechanism of the cycloaddition reaction forming a bicyclic
compounds between singlet
vinylidene (H2C=C:) and ethylene was investigated using the CCSD(T)//MP2/6-31G* method. From the potential energy
profile, it can be predicted that this reaction has one dominant channel. The presented rule of this reaction, a [2+2]
cycloaddition reaction between the two reactants occurred forming a
four-membered ring carbene (INT1), in which the sp lone electron of the C atom
from carbene in INT1 and
the π* unoccupied orbital of ethane form
the sp®π* donor–acceptor effect, resulting in the formation
of intermediate
(INT2). Due to the further sp3 hybridization of C atom from carbene in
INT1, INT2 isomerizes to the bicyclic compound (P2) via the transition state (TS2).
Keywords: vinylidene; reaction mechanism; potential energy
surface.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5) 751–756
(2011)
UDC
621.383.51:546.181.1–151+541.135.1:541.147; JSCS–4156; doi: 10.2298/JSC091201055L; Original scientific paper
Phosphonium iodide as a donor liquid electrolyte for
dye-sensitized solar cells
HUI LI,
HONGSHI JIANG, CHENZHONG YAO and JIAN WANG
Department of Applied Chemistry,
Yuncheng University, Yuncheng, Shanxi 044000, P. R. China
(Received 1 December 2009, revised 30
July 2010)
An
efficient triphenylmethylphosphonium iodide-based liquid electrolyte was synthesized
and used for the first time as an electrolyte in dye-sensitized solar cells
(DSSCs). With the as-synthesized electrolyte, the DSSC yielded an overall light
to electricity conversion efficiency of 5.34 to 7.10 %, when the radiant power
was tuned from 100 to 10 mW cm-2. This may be attributed to the
limitation of mass transport in the DSSC. The electronic and ionic processes in
the DSSC were investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and linear
voltAMmography, respectively.
Keywords:
dye-sensitized solar cells; triphenylmethylphosphonium iodide; mass transport;
conversion efficiency.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5)
757–768 (2011)
UDC
666.762.8+541.183+546.21:7544.723.3+544.032.4; JSCS–4157; doi: 10.2298/JSC091224056K; Original scientific paper
Characterisation of surface oxygen groups on different
carbon materials by the Boehm method and temperature-progrAMmed desorption
ANA M.
KALIJADIS, MARIJA M. VUKČEVIĆ*, ZORAN M. JOVANOVIĆ, ZORAN V. LAUŠEVIĆ and MILA D. LAUŠEVIĆ*
Laboratory
of Physics, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P. O. Box 522, 11000 Belgrad,
Serbia
*Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of
Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
(Received 24 December 2009, revised 27
October 2010)
The
surface characteristics of different carbon materials: activated carbon, carbon
felt, glassy carbon and a porous carbon monolith were investigated. The specific surface area was exAMined by the
BET method with N2 adsorption, the AMount and
the type of surface oxygen groups by Boehm titration as well as by
temperature-progrAMmed desorption (TPD).
By comparing the results obtained
using BET analysis with those of TPD and the Boehm method, it was found that
the number of surface groups was not proportional to the specific surface area.
The total AMount of oxygen groups, obtained by TPD, is higher than the AMount
obtained by Boehm’s method for porous sAMples. The inconsistencies between
these results originate from the fact that the Boehm method is limited to the
determination of acidic and basic groups, whereas TPD provides information on
the total number of all surface oxygen groups. In addition, the presence of
porosity could reduce the solvent-accessible surface in the Boehm method.
The TPD profiles of CO evolution showed
the presence of a low temperature maximum, below 650 K, which originates from
CO2 reduction on the carbon
material surface.
Keywords:
carbon materials; surface oxygen groups; temperature progrAMmed desorption.
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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 76 (5)
769–780 (2011)
UDC 66.061+54.06:544.354–128.2–039.6+504.53;
JSCS–4158; doi:
10.2298/JSC100911069S;
Original scientific paper
A comparison of sAMple extraction
procedures for the determination of inorganic anions in soil by ion
chromatography
SVETLANA
M. STANIŠIĆ, LJUBIŠA M. IGNJATOVIĆ, MILICA C. STEVIĆ and ALEKSANDAR R. ĐORĐEVIĆ*
Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg
12–16, Belgrade, Serbia
*Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade,
Nemanjina 6, Zemun, Serbia
(Received 11 September, revised 26
October 2010)
Three
different extraction techniques were used for aqueous extraction of anions from
soil of the type Ranker that was sAMpled from a serpentine site. The first
technique involved the use of a rotary mixer (rotary mixer assisted
extraction), the second, a microwave digestion system (microwave assisted
extraction), with different extraction temperatures for every cycle during the
procedure as follows: 50, 100 and 150 °C. An ultrasonic bath (ultrasonic assisted
extraction) was used for the last technique in which the durations of the
extraction process were: 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 min. The concentrations of
inorganic anions in the soil extracts after filtration were determined by ion
chromatography. The results showed that the microwave-assisted extraction was
highly efficient, giving, at a temperature of 150 °C, several times higher
AMounts of extracted anions in water than the other two techniques. Moreover,
the extracted AMounts of anions obtained by means of an ultrasonic bath with an
extraction time ranging from 10 to 50 min were similar to those obtained by
means of the rotary mixer with an extraction time of 22 h. However, extraction
using the rotary mixer was more reliable, since the extracted AMounts of anions
obtained by means of an ultrasonic bath do not correlate with prolongation of
the extraction time.
Keywords: soil sAMple extraction; inorganic anions extraction;
ion chromatography.
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781–794 (2011)
UDC
631.452+633+541.183:546.722/726(497.11); JSCS–4159; doi:
10.2298/JSC100619068J;
Original scientific paper
Distribution and forms of iron in the vertisols of
Serbia
MIODRAG
Ž. JELIĆ, JELENA Ž. MILIVOJEVIĆ*, SREĆKO R. TRIFUNOVIĆ**, IVICA G. ĐALOVIĆ***, DRAGIŠA S. MILOŠEV**** and SRĐAN I. ŠEREMEŠIĆ****
University
of Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Agriculture, Jelene Anžujske, 38228 Zubin
Potok, Serbia
*Center for Small Grains of Kragujevac, Save Kovacevica
31, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
**Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
***Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Maksima Gorkog
30, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
****University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture,
Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
(Received 19 July, revised 26 October
2010)
Soil of
arable land and meadows from the Ap horizon, taken from ten different localities,
were investigated for different forms of Fe, including total (HF), pseudo-total
(HNO3), 0.1
M HCl extractable and DTPA (diethylenetriAMinepentaacetic
acid)-extractable. A sequential fractional procedure was employed to
separate the Fe into fractions: water soluble and exchangeable Fe (I), Fe
specifically adsorbed with carbonates (II), reducibly releasable Fe in oxides
(III), Fe bonded with organic matter (IV) and Fe structurally bonded in
silicates (residual fraction) (V). The soil pH, cation exchange capacity, and
size fractions (clay and silt) had a strongest influence on the distribution of
the different forms of Fe. The different extraction methods showed similar
patterns of the Fe content in arable and meadow soils. However, the DTPA iron did
not correspond with the total iron, which confirms the widespread incidence of
iron-deficiency in vertisols is independent of the total iron in soils. The
AMount of exchangeable (fraction I) and specifically adsorbed (II) iron showed
no dependence on its content in the other fractions, indicating low mobility of
iron in vertisols. The strong positive correlation (r = 0.812 and 0.956) between the content of iron in HNO3 and HF and its contents in the primary
and secondary minerals (fraction – V) indicate a low content of plant
accessible iron in the vertisol. The sequential fractional procedure was
confirmed as suitable for accessing the content and availability of iron in the
vertisols of Serbia.
Keywords: soil; iron solubility; plant
availability; adsorption; distribution of iron.
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795–803 (2011)
UDC 627.157+546.36+539.163:627.8.034.7(282.243.743);
JSCS–4160; doi:
10.2298/JSC100420067V;
Original scientific paper
Distribution and accumulation of heavy metalsin the
water and sediments of the River Sava
ŽIVORAD VUKOVIĆ, MIRJANA
RADENKOVIĆ, SRBOLJUB J. STANKOVIĆ and DUBRAVKA VUKOVIĆ*
Institute of Nuclear
Sciences Vinča, P. O. Box 522, Belgrade 11001, Serbia
*Institute of Veterinary
Medicine, Vojvode Toze 24, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
(Received 20 April 2010, revised 7 January 2011)
The distribution and accumulation
of assorted heavy metals and a long-lived radionuclide (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, U, Th
and 137Cs) in the water and sediment of the River Sava (in Serbia)
were investigated at three locations in the vicinity of industrial and urban
settlements (Sabac, Obrenovac, Belgrade). The concentrations of heavy metals in
the sediment were found to be in the ranges (mg kg-1): 29.6–145.1
for Cu, 53.2–253.6 for Zn, 14.2–78.6 for Pb, 0.3–24.6 for Cd, and 4.0–12.5 Bq l-1
for 137Cs. These values correlate to the con-centrations in the
river water if expressed by equilibrium distribution coefficients Kd (dm3 g-1) between the solid and liquid
phases. The degrees of accumulation and enrichment of tracer metals were
determined.
Keywords:
accumulation; cesium; enrichment; heavy metals; Kd;
sediment.
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