Metal-Containing Molecules and Nanomaterials - From Diagnosis to Therapy

Since the discovery and successful deployment of salvarsan to treat syphilis, as well as cisplatin as a cancer drug, the field of metallodrugs has been flourishing.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Electrochemical Sensors with Inorganic Redox Mediators
Mario A. Alpuche-Aviles
Chapter 2 Recent Advances of Medicinal Properties of Vanadium Compounds: Cancer and Other Diseases
Kateryna Kostenkova, Kameron Klugh, and Debbie C. Crans
Chapter 3 Ruthenium-Phthalocyanine Compounds as Prototypes for Photodynamic Therapy
Amanda Blanque Becceneri, Matheus Torelli Martin, Francisco Rinaldi Neto, Peter C. Ford, and Roberto Santana da Silva
Chapter 4 Metal Complexes as Probes and Inhibitors of Metabolic Enzymes
Madeline Denison, Claudia Turro, and Jeremy J. Kodanko
Chapter 5 Heme-Based Therapeutics
Elmira Alipour, Mark T. Gladwin, and Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro
Chapter 6 Metal-Containing and Metal-Associated Dietary Nutrients
Rebeca L. Fernandez, Vanessa J. Lee, and Marie C. Heffern
Chapter 7 Why is Gadolinium Still Preferred in Contrast Agents for MRI?
Mark Woods and Mauro Botta

About the author

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias received her 'licenciatura' (MS equivalent) in Technological Chemistry from the University of Lisbon in 1993, and her 'Dr. rer. nat.' (PhD equivalent) in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Cologne in 1997 with Prof. Thomas Kruck. In her graduate work, she isolated new titanium complexes as single source precursors for the chemical vapor deposition of TiN thin layers. She joined the group of Prof. Alan Balch at UC Davis in 1998 as a Gulbenkian postdoctoral fellow, where she studied the electrochemistry and structure of fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes.

Product details

• Authors: Ana De (University of Nevada Bettencourt-Dias
• Assisted by: Ana de Bettencourt-Dias (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032422169
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242216-9
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Metal Ions in Life Sciences Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Inorganic chemistry; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Inorganic, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical, Pharmacology, Materials science, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General