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Uses of Inorganic Chemistry in Medicine.

Metal-based drugs are a commercially important sector of the pharmaceutical business, yet most bioinorganic textbooks lack the space to cover comprehensively the subject of metals in medicine. Uses of Inorganic Chemistry in Medicine approaches an understanding of the topic in a didactic and systemat...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Farrell, Nicholas P.
Other Authors: McNeill, J. H., Thompson, Katherine H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Metal-based drugs are a commercially important sector of the pharmaceutical business, yet most bioinorganic textbooks lack the space to cover comprehensively the subject of metals in medicine. Uses of Inorganic Chemistry in Medicine approaches an understanding of the topic in a didactic and systematic manner. The field of inorganic chemistry in medicine may usefully be divided into two main categories - drugs which target metal ions in some form, whether free or protein-bound, and secondly, metal-based drugs where the central metal ion is usually the key feature of the mechanism of action. This.
Physical Description:1 online resource (174 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847552242
1847552242
1628701358
9781628701357