Enhanced Biogenic Sulfidation of Zero-Valent Iron in Columns: Implications for Promoting Dechlorination in Permeable Reactive Barriers.

Biogenic sulfidation of zero-valent iron (ZVI) using sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) has shown enhanced dechlorination rates comparable to those produced by chemical sulfidation. However, controlling and sustaining biogenic sulfidation to enhance in situ dechlorination are poorly understood. Detailed interactions between SRB and ZVI were examined for 4 months in column experiments under enhanced biogenic sulfidation conditions.

Transport of nanoscale zero-valent iron in saturated porous media: Effects of grain size, surface metal oxides, and sulfidation.

Knowledge of the fate and transport of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) in saturated porous media is crucial to the development of in situ remediation technologies. This work systematically compared the retention and transport of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) modified nZVI (CMC-nZVI) and sulfidated nZVI (CMC-S-nZVI) particles in saturated columns packed with quartz sand of various grain sizes and different surface metal oxide coatings. Grain size reduction had an inhibitory effect on the transport of CMC-S-nZVI and CMC-nZVI due to increasing immobile zone deposition and straining in the columns.

Antitumor and immunomodulatory activity of Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharides in H22 tumor-bearing mice.

In the present study, we investigated the antitumor and immunomodulatory activity of Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharide (AMP) on liver cancer using murine H22 hepatocarcinoma model. The results showed that AMP (100 and 400 mg/kg) could effectively inhibit the solid tumor growth of H22 hepatocarcinoma transplanted in BALB/c mice. Besides, the body weight, spleen/thymus indexes and phagocytotic function of macrophage of H22 tumor bearing mice were also improved in two AMP treated groups.