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Lipid solubility of heavy metals in saline solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

K Simkiss
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG AJ

Extract

Oil/water extraction systems have been devised to study the lipid solubility of metal ions in sea water. Group B metals such as Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg appear to form inorganic complexes in saline solutions that are very lipid soluble. The implications of this are discussed in terms of the penetration of metals across cell membranes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1983

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