| Description |
1 online resource (xxxix, 598 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Wiley SCELC e-books
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Metals -- therapeutic use.
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Metals.
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Metals -- Diagnostic use.
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Metals -- Therapeutic use.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gielen, M. (Marcel), 1938-
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Tiekink, Edward R. T.
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John Wiley & Sons.
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| ISBN |
0470864036 (alk. paper) |
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0470864044 (electronic bk.) |
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0470864052 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470864036 (alk. paper) |
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9780470864043 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470864050 (electronic bk.) |
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