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Cystine plays an important role in human physiology, it is the precursor of cysteine. Cystine is the molecular form preferred by the immunity cellules system, included macrophages. Although slightly soluble, it can be a ligand towards cations because it is a sulfur-containing amino acid. Because of the physiological importance of calcium(II) and magnesium(II), complex formation between these cations and cystine was studied potentiometrically by employing electrochemical cells involving glass electrodes. The investigation was performed at two temperatures (25 and 37) °C and in two ionic media (1.00 and 0.15 mol·dm−3 NaCl). In both ionic media, the adoption of a constant ionic medium allows extension of the investigation to a large range of reagent concentration. As the formation of weak complexes was foreseen, the low solubility of cystine is an advantage. Experimental data can be explained in any case by assuming the formation of mononuclear complexes in the presence of both calcium(II) and magnesium(II). The relative stability constants were determined.
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Bottari, E., Festa, M.R. & Gentile, L. Cystine as Ligand of Calcium(II) and Magnesium(II) in Two Ionic Media and at Two Different Temperatures (25 and 37 °C). J Solution Chem 46, 215–224 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-016-0559-6
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