Cellular Effects of Heavy Metals

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Banfalvi, Gaspar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Inorganic chemistry.; Cell biology.; Apoptosis.; Oxidative stress.; Ecotoxicology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Cell Biology.; Oxidative Stress.; Inorganic Chemistry.

The term “heavy metals” is used as a group name of toxic metals and metalloids (semimetals) causing contaminations and ecotoxicity. In strict chemical sense the density of heavy metals is higher than 5 g/cm3. From biological point of view as microelements they can be divided into two major groups. a...