Medicinal Applications of Coordination Chemistry Authors: Chris J Jones, John R Thornback
Introduction
The Chemistry of Metals in a Nutshell
Diagnostic Medicine
Therapeutic Medicine
Metallopharmaceuticals Design
Further reading
Subject index
Publication details
- Print publication date
- 12 Feb 2007
- Copyright year
- 2007
- Print ISBN
- 978-0-85404-596-9
- PDF eISBN
- 978-1-84755-775-9
About this book
Metals in pharmaceuticals have played an increasingly important role in medicine over the last century, particularly in cancer therapy and diagnostic imaging methods. Medicinal Applications of Coordination Chemistry focuses on the role that transition metals play in clinical applications. Medicinal Applications of Coordination Chemistry begins with a brief historical review and an introduction to the chemistry of d- and f- block metals. Subsequent sections discuss metallodrugs for a number of different applications, the design of new drugs and the relationship between structure and function. Key sections include diagnostic applications of metal compounds in anatomical and functional imaging, and therapeutic applications of metals compounds. This book is ideal for researchers in academia and industry and comes complete with examples of real life applications.