Organic Metal and Metalloid Species in the Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Organometallic compounds in the environment: An overview

   • P. J. Craig, R. O. Jenkins

   Pages 1-15

3. Advances in analytical methods for speciation of trace elements in the environment

   • J. Szpunar, B. Bouyssiere, R. Lobinski

   Pages 17-40

4. Analytical strategies for arsenic speciation in environmental and biological samples

   • J. Feldmann, S. Devalla, A. Raab, H. R. Hansen

   Pages 41-70

5. Occurrence and speciation of arsenic, antimony and tin in specimens used for environmental biomonitoring of limnic ecosystems

   • H. Emons, Z. Sebesvari, K. Falk, M. Krachler

   Pages 71-95

6. Methylated metal(loid) species in biological waste treatment

   • R. A. Diaz-Bone, B. Menzel, A. Barrenstein, A. V. Hirner

   Pages 97-112

7. Volatile mercury species in environmental gases and biological samples

   • J. Hippler, J. Kresimon, A. V. Hirner

   Pages 113-135

8. Biovolatilisation of metal(loid)s by microorganisms

   • K. Michalke, R. Hensel

   Pages 137-153

9. The Effect of Phosphate on the Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation of Arsenic(V) by the Marine Alga Fucus gardneri

   • S. C. R. Granchinho, W. R. Cullen, E. Polishchuk, K. J. Reimer

   Pages 155-166

10. Molecular modeling studies of specific interactions between organometallic compounds and DNA

    • R. Yonchev, H. Rehage, H. Kuhn

    Pages 167-180

11. Organometal(loid) compounds associated with human metabolism

    • A. V. Hirner, L. M. Hartmann, J. Hippler, J. Kresimon, J. Koesters, K. Michalke et al.

    Pages 181-203

12. Genotoxicity of organometallic species

    • A.-M. Florea, E. Dopp, G. Obe, A. W. Rettenmeier

    Pages 205-219

13. Current aspects on the genotoxicity of arsenite and its methylated metabolites: Oxidative stress and interactions with the cellular response to DNA damage

    • A. Hartwig, T. Schwerdtle, I. Walter

    Pages 221-233

14. Cytogenetic investigations in employees from waste industries

    • Helga Fender, Giesela Wolf

    Pages 235-246

15. Neurotoxicity of metals

    • G. Stoltenburg-Didinger

    Pages 247-257

16. Actions of metals on membrane channels, calcium homeostasis and synaptic plasticity

    • D. Büsselberg

    Pages 259-281

17. Effects of organometal(loid) compounds on neuronal ion channels: possible sites for neurotoxicity

    • J. Gruner, K. Krüger, N. Binding, M. Madeja, U. Mußhoff

    Pages 283-315

18. Panel discussion: Analytical aspects

    • H. Emons

    Pages 317-318

19. Panel discussion: Toxicological Aspects

    • A. W. Rettenmeier

    Pages 319-321

20. Resumé

    • Alfred V. Hirner, Hendrik Emons

    Pages 323-323

Subsequent to the profiling of organometal(loid) compounds in important biogeogenic and anthropogenic deposits, the importance of this class of compounds for human health are evaluated by the analysis of both physicochemical and biological formation, distribution and transformation processes. Multidisciplinary articles written by experts from disciplines as diverse as biogeochemistry, ecotoxicology, analytical chemistry, microbiology and genetics estimate the global levels of biogeogenic and anthropogenic emissions of organometal(loid) compounds, and thus obtain  an insight to processes which influence the genesis, as well as the distribution and stability of organometal(loid) species and their interaction with each other and other matrix compounds. The authors evaluate various environmentally relevant sources from a toxicological point of view, in order to identify potential "hot spots" of organometal(loid)s, which can negatively influence ecosystems and human health.

• Calcium
• DNA
• Monitoring
• biology
• biomonitoring
• chemistry
• distribution
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• human health
• matrix
• metabolism
• microorganism
• toxicology
• ecotoxicology

• Institute of Environmental Analytics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

  Alfred V. Hirner

• Institut für Umweltanalytik, Universität Essen, Essen, Germany

  Alfred V. Hirner

• Joint Research Centre Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, European Commission, Geel, Belgium

  Hendrik Emons

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