Metallotherapeutic drugs and metal-based diagnostic agents the use of metals in medicine /

There are an astonishing number and variety of roles that metals play in contemporary medicine. This book contains information on the medicinal uses of inorganics, that is, of elements such as boron, lithium, selenium, to name a few, as well as metal-containing species.

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Corporate Authors: John Wiley & Sons
Group Author: Gielen, M. Marcel, 1938; Tiekink, Edward R. T
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Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470864052
Summary: There are an astonishing number and variety of roles that metals play in contemporary medicine. This book contains information on the medicinal uses of inorganics, that is, of elements such as boron, lithium, selenium, to name a few, as well as metal-containing species.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxxix, 598 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0470864036
9780470864036
0470864052
9780470864050
0470864044
9780470864043
Index Number: RM666
CLC: R914.3
Contents: METALLOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS AND METAL-BASED DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 (3)Li Lithium Metallotherapeutics; 2 (5)B Boron Compounds as Therapeutic Drugs; 3 (12)Mg The Role of Magnesium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug; 4 (13)Al Aluminum Metallotherapeutics; 5 (14)Si Biological Activity of Organosilicon Compounds; 6 (20)Ca The Role of Calcium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug; 7 (22)Ti Anti-tumor Titanium Drugs; 8 (23)V Insulin-Mimetic Vanadium-Containing Compounds; 9 (25)Mn Manganese Metallotherapeutics; 10 (26)Fe The Use of Iron-Based Drugs in Medicine.