Vanadium Biochemical and Molecular Biological Approaches /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Michibata, Hitoshi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Medicinal chemistry.; Medical biochemistry.; Biochemistry.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Medical Biochemistry.

The publication of Vanadium: Biochemical and Molecular Biological Approaches is particularly timely as its publication exactly coincides with the centennial anniversary of the discovery of vanadium by Professor Henze, in the blood cells of an ascidian (tunicate) collected in Gulf of Naples in 1911....

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Inorganic Chemistry of Vanadium
• Amavadine, a Vanadium Compound in Amanita Fungi
• High Levels of Vanadium in Ascidians
• Hyper-accumulation of Vanadium in Polychaetes
• Structure and Function of Vanadium Haloperoxidases
• Bioinspired Catalytic Bromination Systems for Bromoperoxidase
• Vanadium Effects on Bone Metabolism
• Vanadium in Cancer Prevention
• Cardiovascular Protection with Vanadium Compounds
• Inhalation Toxicity of Vanadium
• Index.