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mechanism of action; Estimated Average Requirement; mineral metabolism; arsenic; nutrient deficiencies; intestinal absorption; pharmacology; structure-activity relationships; toxicology; dietary minerals; signs and symptoms (animals and humans)
... Oats grown in purified sand cultures to which small amounts of compounds of Mn, Cu, Zn, B, and As were added produced very marked increased yields in comparison with the checks. However, when compared with the Mn treatments, Cu and Zn gave additional increases in the yield of grain and straw. The addition of B gave an increase in the yield of straw but a decrease in the yield of grain when compare ...
... Procedures are described for the semimicro analysis for arsenic in flue-cured tobacco and in soils. The plant material is digested with a mixture of nitric, sulfuric and perchloric acids and the soil with sulfuric and perchloric acids. Arsenic is distilled directly from the digestion flask, absorbed in an iodine solution and determined colorimetrically by the molybdenum-blue method. The data show ...
agronomy; arsenic; clay; flue-cured tobacco; lead arsenate; leaves; sand; soil
Abstract:
... SynopsisThe concentration of As in the cured leaf of field-grown flue-cured tobacco varied from 2 ppm where no As was applied to the soil to 14.3 ppm where the rate of application was 48 pounds As per acre (288 pounds lead arsenate). The highest concentration was in leaves from plants grown on the sandier soils and decreased as the clay and iron content of the soil increased. The As content of the ...
... Cholinesterase activity of organophosphorus-susceptible and resistant cattle ticks (Boophilus microplus) has been determined, and found to be much lower in the resistant strain. Experiments on inhibition of tick cholinesterases by organophosphates indicated that the resistant strain possessed at least one cholinesterase which reacted more slowly with organophosphates than did the cholinesterase of ...
... Distribution of As with depth in soil was determined after 4 years of repeated applications of monosodium (MSMA), monoammonium (MAMA), and disodium methanearsonate (DSMA) to turf. Arsenic concentrations decreased with depth. Percentage recovery of applied As in the upper 30 cm of soil decreased with increasing application rates. Yields of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), soybeans (Glycine max L. Me ...
... Retention of As against extraction by NH₄OAc and Bray P-1 reagents from Wisconsin soils equilibrated with As (0, 80, and 320 µg As/g added as Na₂HAsO₄) increased as the sesquioxide content increased. Similarly, the amount of As sorbed from solution increased as the free Fe₂O₃ content of the soils increased. Removal of amorphous Fe and Al components by treatment with oxalate eliminated or appreciab ...
... Arsenic (As) residues on 58 surface soil samples taken from soils with a history of As application averaged 165 ppm As, while nearby soils not treated averaged 13 ppm As. Most of the residual As was found as Fe-As (0.1N NaOH extractable) by a modified soil P procedure. Water-soluble As (1N NH₄Cl extractable) was detected in soils from two states. Other forms, Al- and Ca-As (0.5N NH₄F and 0.5N H₂SO ...
... The results of six methods of estimating available As on 28 different soils from eight states in the United States were correlated with the wet tissue weight of 4-week-old corn (Zea mays L.) grown on these soils. Linear correlation coefficients between plant weight and the log of the soil As concentration were determined by the following techniques (i) total As; (ii) summation of “Easily-Soluble-, ...
... The interference from As in the colorimetric determination of inorganic P by the method of Murphy and Riley was evaluated in water and sediment extract systems. Whereas up to 20 µg As/ml as arsenite (AsIII) did not interfere, arsenate (AsV) showed a positive interference and the extent of interference was independent of the level of inorganic P in both systems. On a weight basis, 1.0 µg of As is e ...