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- Title
Ion-exchange and potentiometric characterization of Al–cystine and Al–cysteine complexes.
- Authors
Bohrer, Denise; Polli, Vania Gabbi; do Nascimento, Paulo Cícero; Mendonça, Jean Karlo A.; de Carvalho, Leandro Machado; Garcia Pomblum, Solange
- Abstract
The interaction between aluminium and cysteine and cystine was evaluated by means of ion-exchange experiments and potentiometry. Ion-exchange experiments included other ligands with affinity for aluminium and two kinds of resins, either a Na+-form or an Al3+-form exchanger. The ability of the ligands to keep aluminium in solution in the presence of the Na+ exchanger or to withdraw it from the Al3+-form resin was evaluated. Aluminium quantification was carried out by either graphite-furnace or flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Aluminium extraction isotherms were linearised using the Scatchard plot, and stability constants were obtained from the curves’ slopes. The experiments showed that the ability of the ligands to withdraw aluminium from the Al3+-form resin increased following the order cysteine < oxalate < citrate = cystine < nitrilotriacetic acid < ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Potentiometric titrations, carried out in aqueous solution with constant ionic strength and temperature, showed that the predominant species in solution have a metal–ligand proportion of 1:1 for both amino acids. The main species are Al(OH)3L, with log K of 6.2 for cysteine, and AlL and Al(OH)L, with log K of 10.3 and 1.7, respectively, for cystine. Stability constants obtained from the Scatchard plots showed a linear correlation with the stability constants obtained by potentiometry for cystine and cysteine in this work and those collected from the literature for the other ligands. These results show that cysteine and cystine extract and maintain aluminium in solution, which may explain elevated concentrations of aluminium in parenteral nutrition solutions containing these amino acids.
- Subjects
ALUMINUM; METAL complexes; ION exchange (Chemistry); LIGANDS (Biochemistry); POTENTIOMETRY
- Publication
Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (JBIC), 2006, Vol 11, Issue 8, p991
- ISSN
0949-8257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00775-006-0156-z