Biomedical Inorganic Polymers Bioactivity and Applications of Natural and Synthetic Polymeric Inorganic Molecules /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Müller, Werner E. G. (Editor), Wang, Xiaohong (Editor), Schröder, Heinz C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, 54
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Medical biochemistry.; Biochemistry.; Enzymology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Molecular Medicine.; Medical Biochemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.

This book summarizes the present state of knowledge on a number of inorganic polymers with respect to their potential biomedical applications. In recent years, inorganic polymers have attracted much attention in nano-biomedicine, in particular in the areas of regenerative medicine and drug delivery....

Table of Contents:

• Chemical, biochemical and biological behaviors of vanadate and its oligomers
• Structural Characterization of Inorganic Biomaterials
• Enzymes of Inorganic Polyphosphate Metabolism
• Polyoxometalates Active against Tumors, Viruses and Bacteria
• Modeling Biosilicification at Subcellular Scales
• Cell reactivity to different silica
• Bioactive Poly(arsenic) Compounds
• Biogenic inorganic polysilicates (bio-silica): formation and biomedical applications
• Inorganic polymers: Morphogenic inorganic biopolymers for rapid prototyping chain
• Inorganic polyphosphates: biologically active biopolymers for biomedical applications.