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Metals have been used in treatments since ancient times. The Ebers Papyrus from 1500BC is the first written account of the use of metals for treatment and describes the use of Copper to reduce inflammation and the use of iron to treat anemia. Sodium vanadate has been used since the early 20th century to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Platinum and Other Heavy Metal Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications. Humana Press. ISBN 978-1-60327-458-6. Clarke MJ, Sadler PJ (1999). Metallopharmaceuticals: Diagnosis and therapy. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-65308-0. Clarke MJ, Sadler PJ (1999). Metallopharmaceuticals I: DNA Interactions. Springer.
Metal ions and metallic compounds are often used in medical treatments and diagnoses. [18] Compounds containing metal ions can be used as medicine, such as lithium compounds and auranofin . [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Metal compounds and ions can also produce harmful effects on the body due to the toxicity of several types of metals. [ 18 ]
Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacy involved with designing and developing pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and development of new chemical entities suitable for therapeutic use.
Bioorganometallic chemistry is the study of biologically active molecules that contain carbon directly bonded to metals or metalloids. The importance of main-group and transition-metal centers has long been recognized as important to the function of enzymes and other biomolecules.
Pharmaceutical stocks have been center stage since the start of Covid-19. Biopharma companies have been striving to develop and commercialize life-saving vaccines and antiviral pills to fight the ...
Calomel/horn quicksilver/horn mercury – mercury(I) chloride, a very poisonous purgative formed by subliming a mixture of mercuric chloride and metallic mercury, triturated in a mortar and heated in an iron pot. The crust formed on the lid was ground to powder and boiled with water to remove the calomel.
Following the success of platinum-based chemotherapy, titanium(IV) complexes were among the first non-platinum compounds to be tested for cancer treatment. The advantage of titanium compounds lies in their high efficacy and low toxicity in vivo. [24] In biological environments, hydrolysis leads to the safe and inert titanium dioxide.