G. Gabr, M. Masood, E. Radwan, K. Radwan, Aml Zaki Ghoenim
{"title":"Potential Effects of Heavy Metals Bioaccumulation on Oxidative stress Enzymes of Mediterranean clam Ruditapes decussatus","authors":"G. Gabr, M. Masood, E. Radwan, K. Radwan, Aml Zaki Ghoenim","doi":"10.21608/CAT.2020.24051.1042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/CAT.2020.24051.1042","url":null,"abstract":"The bivalves have capability to accumulate the toxicant substances as heavy metals in their body tissues, therefore, they might be used as a good bio-indicators of water contamination. The present work aimed to measure the concentration of Cd, Cu, Pb, Mn, and Zn in the soft tissues of Ruditapes decussatus which collected between December 2018 and February 2019 from two sites of Mediterranean Sea. One from Alexandrian Port (Site I) and the other from Port Said (Site II), Egypt, as well as to estimate the potential physiological change of the clam affected by these pollutants. Samples from Site I gives comparatively higher water salinity and metals concentration in soft tissues. The statistical analysis shows significant increase in the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) while superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase were found decreased in the R. decussatus soft tissue collected from Site I. The correlation coefficient of physicochemical parameters, heavy metals and oxidative stress biomarkers in Site I shows that glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase have positive correlation with acetylcholinesterase (r=0.912) and (r=0.929), respectively. SOD, on the other hand, was having negative correlation with MDA (r= -0.886). The reported values in this study are considered as basic data in monitor of the anthropogenic activities in future along the coast, as well as it is starter point in assessment of pollution that maybe effect on the aquatic organisms in the Mediterranean marine environment.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89757026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. El-Sonbati, Omnya El-Battrawy, Ebtsam Elawadly, T. Hegazy
{"title":"Pretreatment of High Organic Load Dairy Industry Wastewater by Chemical Coagulation and Advanced Oxidation Processes","authors":"M. El-Sonbati, Omnya El-Battrawy, Ebtsam Elawadly, T. Hegazy","doi":"10.21608/CAT.2020.94172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/CAT.2020.94172","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to characterize the dairy industry wastewater and evaluate the efficiency of chemical coagulation and advanced oxidation process (AOPs) as pretreatment techniques. A composite sample was collected from diary industry plant at New Damietta City on March 2018 and characterized for some physicochemical parameters to check the pollution potential of the effluents. Due to the high content of total suspended solids, chemical coagulation/precipitation process using lime, alum/lime and alum/polyacrylamide was applied for pretreatment of the collected sample and the optimum conditions were determined. Moreover, chemical coagulation using alum/lime followed by AOPs with Fenton’s reagent was also assessed. The results showed that the concentration of COD is 112000 mg/L while for BOD is 78000 mg/L. In addition, the removal percentage of oil and grease, COD, total phosphorous (TP) and total Khejdal (TKN) by Fenton’s reaction after treatment with alum-lime are 86, 85, 99.35 and 99.03 %, respectively compared with that achieved by alum-lime (86.82, 73.11, 91.8 and 54.93 %, respectively). It was concluded that combining chemical coagulation/precipitation and AOPs was effective for the pretreatment of high organic load dairy wastewater.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76119616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring for the abundance and distribution of phytoplankton along the hypersaline Bardawil Lagoon, in Northern Sinai, Egypt (Multivariate Analysis Approach)","authors":"Jelan Mofeed","doi":"10.12816/CAT.2020.27080.1049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/CAT.2020.27080.1049","url":null,"abstract":"Bardawil Lagoon is a source of wildlife and high-quality fish, so, it is imperative that it should be subject to continuous monitoring of both water quality and the phytoplankton composition. Samples were collected from ten sites representing different habitats of the lagoon, from summer 2017 to spring 2018. The water properties were determined; noticeable low concentrations of dissolved inorganic nutrients were recorded. A total of 106 species belonging to six groups were recorded, among them Bacillariophyta (69 species) and Dinophyta (26 species). The obtained results clarify that Bacillariophytes prevailed in the eastern sites of Bardawil; on the contrary, Dinophytes occupied the sovereignty in the western sites of the lagoon. The most abundant Bacillariophytes were Licmophora gracilis, Gyrosigma acuminatum, Fragilaria construens, and Nitzschia sigmoidea; which formed more than 50% of total abounded diatoms. While, Protoperidinium leonis, Prorocentrum gracile and Protoperidinium granii were the dominant Dinophytes, giving it maximum at El-Rewak. From reviewing previous studies on the lagoon, it becomes clear that the phytoplankton composition varied widely from previously recorded, including the dominant species and their rates of sovereignty, which reflected economically on its fish productivity. Besides, the water quality in Bardawil fluctuated from slightly-polluted to moderately-polluted according to the diversity index, as a result of the recent, noticeable increase in human activities, especially fishing, which will be in turn reflected in the environment. Therefore, continuous follow-up through ecological assessment and monitoring studies of Bardawil became an urgent necessity.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81549941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of synthesized silver and chitosan nanoparticles using Nerium oleander and Aloe vera on antioxidant enzymes in Musca domestica","authors":"Rawhia H. Ramadan, Abla D. Abdel-Meguid, M. Emara","doi":"10.21608/CAT.2020.20921.1036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/CAT.2020.20921.1036","url":null,"abstract":"Green synthesis of silver and chitosan nanoparticles have been achieved using Nerium.oleander and Aloe vera leaf extract as reducing agents. The formation of nanoparticles was quantified by UV-vis spectroscopy of wave length from 200-700. TEM, XRD and FTIR were used for characterization. The present investigation was carried out to assess the activity of antioxidant enzymes, SOD, CAT, GPx and GST in third instar larvae of Musca domestica under the effect of methanol leaf extract, synthesized silver and chitosan nanoparticles and the LC50 was used for biochemical assay. The activity of antioxidant enzymes in M. domestica larvae were varied with the time where an increase in SOD activity was recorded after 24hrs in methanol extract and AgNPs treated larvae, then decreased again after 48hrs. In CsNPs treated larvae, SOD induced a continuously decreased activity at all times of investigation. CAT activity followed the same trend of SOD. After 48hrs of treatment the activity of GPs was significantly decreased in all treated groups, at 1% and 5% level of significance in larvae treated with chitosan Nerium and chitosan A. vera, respectively. After an increase in GST activity at 24hrs, a decrease was noticed after 48hrs. From the present study, the use of N. oleander and A. vera as methanol crude extracts to synthesize silver and chitosan nanoparticles could be a new approach for the control of house flies.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82743489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Atmospheric Oxygen on the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Contaminated Sites","authors":"A. Nwachukwu, B. Ephraim, N. Nwachukwu, C. Uwa","doi":"10.21608/CAT.2020.21724.1038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/CAT.2020.21724.1038","url":null,"abstract":"Time series datasets have been used to study the variability in Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) concentration and the effect of atmospheric Oxygen (O2) on their emission from a VOC contaminated site in the US. The datasets were logged by means of an in-borehole gas monitor, the Gasclam (Ionscience, UK). Graphical illustrations of the data show both the VOC concentration and O2 to be temporally variable. However, to determine how much control O2 has on the variability in VOC concentration, Regression Analysis was used. The result shows VOC concentration and O2 to have negative correlations of 0.7134, 0.0058, 0.4558, 0.4105, 0.8162, 0.0982 in boreholes A, C, E, G, I, K respectively. This analysis shows O2 to be the dominant control on the variability in and therefore emission of VOC concentration two (A and I) of the six monitored boreholes in this site. Being the only borehole with the highest negative R2 value, borehole I was reanalysed and the R2 considered over different periods of rising and falling limb O2 with the result showing that O2 was the dominant control on VOC concentrations during 90% of the entire monitoring period. The dominant controls in the variability of VOC concentration in the remaining boreholes need be determined. This is because, understanding their controls will help to predict how VOC concentration will change in future. Also, given that VOC can be dangerous even at trace concentrations; this site is recommended for remediation.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89528958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Soliman, I. Ali, S. El-Sakka, Omayma El-Sayed Abdel-Basset Mohamed
{"title":"Novel Quinoline Derivatives as Antitumor Agents Against HepG2 Cells: Synthesis, Characterization, In Silico, In Vitro and Docking Studies","authors":"M. Soliman, I. Ali, S. El-Sakka, Omayma El-Sayed Abdel-Basset Mohamed","doi":"10.21608/cat.2020.85762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/cat.2020.85762","url":null,"abstract":"New quinoline derivatives based on allyl and amino acid were prepared and characterized using elemental analysis (CHN%), HNMR, CNMR spectra. The theoretical calculations which carried out using different computer programs permit proposing an optimized geometry for the formed complexes. The molecular modeling for some representative compounds were evaluated and discussed. The energy of the HOMO and LUMO was calculated and assessed. The most stable structure of the synthesized compounds was suggested and evaluated its energy. The most benefit properties, which play very important role in drug synthesis referred to the surface properties of the compounds, were evaluated and discussed. The application of the DFT, on the target compounds, gave promising properties required for antitumor drugs. Docking of the synthesized compounds with HepG2-code: 5EQG protein, as liver carcinoma cell, gave promising inhibition in silico level. The antitumor activity of the target compounds in vitro level gave activity with some compounds exceeded the market drug.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82331220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Abbaspour, N. Roudbari, K. M. Kalantari, A. Aien
{"title":"Effect of Exogenous Application of 24-Epibrassinosteroids and Hydrogen Peroxide on Some Biochemical Characteristics of Cuminum cyminum L. grown under Drought Stress","authors":"H. Abbaspour, N. Roudbari, K. M. Kalantari, A. Aien","doi":"10.21608/cat.2020.85788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/cat.2020.85788","url":null,"abstract":"To evaluate the responses of cumin plant to different levels of drought stress with exogenous application of either 24-epibrassinolide (24-EBL) or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and a mixture of them, a factorial experiment was conducted, in a complete randomized design with three replicas, at the experimental greenhouse. Treatments included three levels of drought stress (100%, 75%, and 50% of FC) in which at fifth week after germination (beginning of reproductive growth) application of H2O2 (0, 0.5 and 1mM) and 24-epibrassinosteroid (0, 0.5 and 1mM) at two stages, first 3 days before applying the then, 15 days after. The results showed that with increasing stress intensity, the amounts of proline, malondialdehyde and superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme increased, but decreased the total protein and catalase enzyme in the root. The results of interaction between drought stress and exogenous application of 24-EBL showed the highest total protein content (11.30 mg/l) at 1mM 24-EBL under moderate stress of 75% of FC. Also, the highest of proline content of the root and shoot were obtained (10.15 and 10.91 mMol gFW –l , respectively) under severe stress (50% FC) and spraying with 1mM 24EBL, respectively. However, a decrease in MDA content, with the application of 24-EBL e and H2O2, was recorded. In general, it can report that drought stress reduced the efficiency of photosynthesis and plant production. Moreover, application of 24-EBL and H2O2 was able to improve the photosynthetic system and resistance of the cumin plant to stress.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87988744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Mashaly, Sekina M Ayaad, M. El-Shamy, Esraa A Elsoudy
{"title":"Ecological Study on some Grasses Growing Naturally in the Deltaic Mediterranean Coast of Egypt","authors":"I. Mashaly, Sekina M Ayaad, M. El-Shamy, Esraa A Elsoudy","doi":"10.12816/CAT.2019.49168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/CAT.2019.49168","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aims to investigate the floristic composition and vegetation analysis of the floraassociated with some grasses growing naturally on the sand formations in the Deltaic Mediterranean coastof Egypt. The total number of the recorded plant species was 79 species (44 annuals and 35 perennials)belonging to 70 genera and 26 families. The life –form spectra of the recorded species comprised 44therophytes, 13 cryptophytes, eight hemicryptophytes, seven chamaephytes and phanerphytes for each.Chorologically, the Saharo-Sindian element was represented by relatively high number of species (34),followed by Irano-Turanian (32 species), then Euro-Siberian (10 species) and Sudano-Zambezian (9species). Based on the importance alue of each species, the classification of the recorded species in 36sampled stands led to recognition of four vegetation groups (A-D). The characteristics dominant andcodominant species of vegetation groups were Elymus farcatus and Calligonum polygonoides (A),Hordeum murinum (B), Stipagrostis lanata and Echinops spinosus (C) and Lycium schweinfurthii andEchinops spinosus (D). DCA diagram showed overlapping between the identified groups. CCA-biplotexhibited that sulfates, calcium, potassium, magnesium and calcium carbonate were the most effectivesoil variables controlling the abundance of identified vegetation groups.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74399677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RAPD-PCR analysis and gene expression of CYP450 in Tribolium castaneum adults in response to different insecticides","authors":"S. Mahmoud, A. Kamel","doi":"10.21608/cat.2019.47459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/cat.2019.47459","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"184 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75675749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Docking Applications For Some Novel Complexes Derived From Quinoline Derivatives","authors":"I. Ali, S. El-Sakka, M. Soliman, O. Mohamed","doi":"10.21608/CAT.2019.48667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/CAT.2019.48667","url":null,"abstract":"The newquinoline derivatives: 2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-4-carbohydrazide (1),2-(allyloxy)quinoline-4-carbohydrizde (2), 1-allyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-4-carbohydrazid (3) and 2-(allyl-thio)quinoline-4-carbohydrazide (4)and their Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II) complexes were synthesized and characterized by using elemental analysis (CHNM%), FTIR, UV/Vis, 1HNMR, 13CNMRspectra, DTA, TGA, magnetic susceptibility and the conductivity of 0.001 M in DMSO. The FTIRspectra of the synthesized ligands and their complexes were giving the characteristic stretching vibration bands. The weight losswhich appeared in the TG analysis indicates that, there are different types of water molecules in the formed complexes. The theoretical calculations which carried out using different computer programs permit proposing an optimized geometry for the formed complexes. The molecular modeling for the free ligands and their complexes were evaluated and discussed. Docking of the synthesized compounds with HepG2-code:5EQG protein, as liver carcinoma cell, gave promising inhibition in Silico level.The antimicrobial activity of the target compounds with E. Coli, B. Subtils and Asp. Niger,in Vitro level, gave promising result. The interaction of the compounds with the microorganisms was tested in Silico level. E. Coli was used as an example for the target microorganism. The protein which used for docking process was 5C9T.","PeriodicalId":42145,"journal":{"name":"Catrina-The International Journal of Environmental Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82011198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}