Metals in medicine
Metals in Medicine is a textbook directed a senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students, which describes metal-based agents for treating and diagnosing disease. Opening chapters present basic bonding concepts that are applicable to metallo-drugs and their biological targets, interactions that exist between the agents and substances in the biological milieu, basic pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties including transport and uptake of drugs by the cells, and methods for measuring efficacy and toxicity of agents. The steps from drug discovery to market place are also briefly o
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Feature Boxes. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 Inorganic Chemistry Basics. 1.1 Crystal field theory. 1.2 Molecular orbital theory. 1.3 Absorption spectra of metal complexes. 1.4 Magnetic properties of metal complexes. 1.5 Reactions of metal complexes. Problems. References. Further reading. 2 Metallo-Drugs and Their Action. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Proteins as targets for metallo-drugs. 2.3 DNA as a target for metallo-drugs. 2.4 Reaction of metal complexes in the biological milieu. 2.5 Evaluating the pharmacological effects of agents. 2.6 From discovery to the marketplace. Problems. References. Further reading. 3 Cisplatin. 3.1 Physical and chemical properties of cisplatin. 3.2 Formulation, administration and pharmacokinetics. 3.3 Reaction of cisplatin in biological media. 3.4 Uptake, cytotoxicity and resistance. 3.5 Interaction of cisplatin with cellular targets. Problems. References. Further reading. 4 Platinum Anticancer Drugs. 4.1 Carboplatin. 4.2 Oxaliplatin. 4.3 New platinum agents. Problems. References. Further reading. 5 Ruthenium, Titanium and Gallium for Treating Cancer. 5.1 Ruthenium compounds for treating cancer. 5.2 Titanium compounds for treating cancer. 5.3 Gallium for treating cancer. Problems. References. Further reading. 6 Gold Compounds for Treating Arthritis, Cancer and Other Diseases. 6.1 Chemistry of gold in biological media. 6.2 Gold compounds for treating arthritis. 6.3 Gold complexes for treating cancer. 6.4 Gold complexes for treating AIDS and other diseases. Problems. References. Further reading. 7 Vanadium, Copper and Zinc in Medicine. 7.1 Vanadium for treating diabetes. 7.2 Role of copper and other metal ions in Alzheimer's disease. 7.3 Copper in Wilson's and Menkes diseases. 7.4 Zinc-bicyclam: a chemokine receptor antagonist. Problems. References. Further reading. 8 Metal Complexes for Diagnosing Disease. 8.1 Technetium in diagnostic nuclear medicine. 8.2 Metal compounds as contrast agents for MRI. 8.3 Radionuclides for palliative care and cancer treatment. Problems. References. Further reading. 9 Nanomedicine. 9.1 Nanoscience for treating disease. 9.2 Nanomedicine in diagnosing disease. 9.3 Potential health risks of nanoparticles. Problems. References. Further reading. Index.