The Use of Metals in Medicine
edited by
Marcel Gielen
Metallotherapeutic Drugs & Metal-based Diagnostic Agents 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.
In keeping with the notion that healthy mammals rely on (bio-essential) metals for the normal functioning of approximately a third of their proteins and enzymes, a large number of drugs are metal-based and considerable effort is being devoted to developing both second- and third-generation drugs as well as generating novel metal-based drugs.
While there is no doubt that there is an emphasis on 'Metallotherapeutics' throughout the volume, the use of metals in medicine is not restricted to metal-based drugs.
The following are also covered:
- non-invasive radiopharmaceuticals
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- mineral supplements
Metallotherapeutic Drugs & Metal-based Diagnostic Agents will help the reader to gain an appreciation of the very real role metal-based drugs play in modern medicine and of the considerable effort being devoted to the development of novel complexes with greater efficacy as therapeutic and diagnostic agents.
Contents:
- 3Li Lithium Metallotherapeutics
- 5B Boron Compounds as Therapeutic Drugs
- 12Mg The Role of Magnesium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug
- 13Al Aluminum Metallotherapeutics
- 14Si Biological Activity of Organosilicon Compounds
- 20Ca The Role of Calcium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug
- 22Ti Anti-tumor Titanium Drugs
- 23V Insulin-Mimetic Vanadium-Containing Compounds
- 25Mn Manganese Metallotherapeutics
- 26Fe The Use of Iron-Based Drugs in Medicine
- 27Co Cobalt Complexes as Potential Pharmaceutical Agents
- 29Cu Chemotherapeutic Copper Compounds
- 30Zn The Role of Zinc as a Metallotherapeutic Agent
- 31Ga Therapeutic Gallium Compounds
- 32Ge Biological Activity of Organogermanium Compounds
- 33As Metallotherapeutic Arsenic Compounds
- 34Se The Use of Selenium-Based Drugs in Medicine
- 43Tc Technetium in Medicine
- 44Ru Perspectives of Ruthenium Complexes in Cancer Therapy
- 45Rh Rhodium in Medicine
- 46Pd The Use of Palladium Complexes in Medicine
- 50Sn Tin Compounds and Their Therapeutic Potential
- 51Sb Antimony in Medicine
- 75Re Therapeutic Rhenium Radiopharmaceuticals
- 78Pt Platinum-Based Drugs
- 79Au Gold-Based Metallotherapeutics: Use and Potential
- 83Bi Bismuth-Based Pharmaceuticals
- Paramagnetic Metal Complexes as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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