Medicinal applications of coordination chemistry / by C. Jones, J. Thornback.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007.Description: 290 pISBN:- 9780854045969 (hbk.) :
- 9780854045969
- 615.19 JON
- QD474
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-343) and index.
Preface; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; 1.1: METALS IN MEDICINE - A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; 1.2: METALS AND HUMAN BIOCHEMISTRY; 1.3: METALLOPHARMACEUTICALS; 1.4: THE SPECIAL PROPERTIES OF METALS; Chapter 2: THE CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN A NUTSHELL; 2.1: THE STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS; 2.2: THE STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES OF ATOMS; 2.3: THE FORMATION OF COMPOUNDS; 2.4: THE CHEMISTRY OF METALS - AN OVERVIEW; 2.5: BONDING IN METAL COMPLEXES; 2.6: THE MAGNETISM AND SPECTROSCOPY OF METAL COMPLEXES; 2.7: THE ENERGETICS OF METAL COMPLEX FORMATION; 2.8: REACTIONS AT METAL CENTRES; 2.9: REDOX POTENTIALS; 2.10: CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 3: DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE; 3.1: INTRODUCTION; 3.2: ANATOMICAL IMAGING; 3.3: FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; 3.4: In vitro APPLICATIONS; Chapter 4: THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE; 4.1: THE USE OF METAL COMPOUNDS IN THERAPY; 4.2: CHELATION THERAPY; 4.3: CANCER THERAPY; 4.4: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; 4.5: DIABETES; 4.6: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; 4.7: THERAPEUTIC RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; Chapter 5: METALLOPHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN; 5.1: INTRODUCTION; 5.2: STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; 5.3: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Metals in pharmaceuticals have played an increasingly important role in medicine over the last century, particularly in cancer therapy and diagnostic imaging methods. This text focuses on the role that transition metals play in clinical applications.