Metal ions and their complexes in medication
By: edited by Astrid Sigel and Helmut Sigel.
Contributors: Sigel, Astrid.; Sigel, Helmut.
Series: Metal ions in biological systems ;; v. 41
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
Subjects: Metals in medicine; Metal ions
Description: (Publisher-supplied data) Featuring contributions from 29 internationally recognized experts, this book offers a timely, authoritative look at ionic complexes in medicine. Metal ions are currently used in medications for treating many ailments including diabetes, general inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, psychiatric disorders, and ulcers. These medications employ compounds of vanadium, copper and zinc, gold, lithium, and bismuth, respectively. This text explores these medical uses, as well as the use of metal ions in environmental sciences. It also looks at chelation therapy and impacts on human health from deficiencies of magnesium, calcium, zinc, and iron.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Speciation dependent intake and uptake of essential elements / Janette Davidge and David R. Williams; title: Magnesium in human therapy / Hans-Georg Classen, Heimo Franz Schimatschek, and Konrad Wink; title: Calcium status and supplementation / Lasse Larsson and Per Magnusson; title: Zinc deficiency : its characterization and treatment / Amanda S. Prasad; title: The use and role of zinc and its compounds in wound healing / Paul W. Jones and David R. Williams; title: Iron chelators and their therapeutic potential / Robert R. Crichton and Roberta J. Ward; title: Vanadium compounds in the treatment of diabetes / Katherine H. Thompson and Chris Orvig; title: Copper and zinc complexes as antiinflammatory drugs / Carolyn T. Dillon ... [et al.]; title: Gold complexes in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis / Luigi Messori and Giordana Marcon; title: The medical use of lithium / Nicholas J. Birch; title: Bismuth in medicine / Hongzhe Sun, Li Zhang, and Ka-Yee Szeto; title: Metal complexes as chemotherapeutic agents against tropical diseases : malaria, trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis / Roberto A. Sánchez-Delgado, Atilio Anzellotti, and Liliana Suárez; title: Metal complexes as therapeutic agents in nitrogen monoxide modulation / Simon P. Fricker.