title: Red cell granules: a new bio-absorbent for absorbing cyanide.
abstract: Granules of bovine and human red cells with a diameter about 4 mm and containing methemoglobin inside the cells were prepared artificially. These methemoglobin-containing red cell granules were very effective for detecting and absorbing cyanide in water. Each one g of red cell granules (wet weight) absorbed about 4 mg cyanide within an hour. An instant detector for cyanide was also devised by applying and gelling methemoglobin-containing red cells onto a filter paper. The granules may be useful for absorbing cyanide, which is used in large amounts in gilding factories and detoxified in water through complicated treatment systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003486:Cyanides; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008706:Methemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D008863:Microspheres
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides; D008706:Methemoglobin