The Dead Sea Mud and Salt: A Review of Its Characterization, Contaminants, and Beneficial Effects
| Autor: | Ismail Daqour, Saida Abu-Mallouh, Basha’er Abu Irmaileh, Ayat Bozeya, Rund Abu-Zurayk, Abeer Al Bawab |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
chemistry.chemical_classification Dead sea biology Salt (chemistry) Dunaliella 010501 environmental sciences Contamination biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Halophile 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology chemistry Environmental protection parasitic diseases Antimicrobial action Environmental science Beneficial effects 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 305:012003 |
| ISSN: | 1757-899X 1757-8981 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1757-899x/305/1/012003 |
| Popis: | The Dead Sea has been known for its therapeutic and cosmetic properties. The unique climatic conditions in the Dead Sea area make it a renowned site worldwide for the field of climatotherapy, which is a natural approach for the provision of medications for many human diseases including unusual exclusive salt composition of the water, a special natural mud, thermal mineral springs, solar irradiation, oxygen-rich and bromine-rich haze. This review focuses on the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the Dead Sea mud and salts, in addition to their contaminants, allowing this review to serve as a guide to interested researchers to their risks and the importance of treatment. Beneficial effects of Dead Sea mud and salts are discussed in terms of therapy and cosmetics. Additional benefits of both Dead Sea mud and salts are also discussed, such as antimicrobial action of the mud in relation to its therapeutic properties, and the potency of mud and salts to be a good medium for the growth of a halophilic unicellular algae, used for the commercial production of β-carotene; Dunaliella. |
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