Metallotherapeutic Drugs and Metal–Based Diagnostic Agents – The Use of Metals in Medicine

Marcel Gielen, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

List of Contributors. Preface. 1. ₃Li Lithium Metallotherapeutics (Robin S.B. Williams and Adrian J. Harwood). 2. ₅B Boron Compounds as Therapeutic Drugs (Geeta Rana, Kamesh Vyakaranam, John A. Maguire and Narayan S. Hosmane). 3. ₁₂Mg The Role of Magnesium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug (Pietro Delva). 4. ₁₃Al Aluminum Metallotherapeutics (Thanos Salifoglou). 5. ₁₄Si Biological Activity of Organosilicon Compounds (Edmunds Lukevics and Luba Ignatovich). 6. ₂₀Ca The Role of Calcium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug (Mario Barbagallo and Ligia J. Dominguez). 7. ₂₂Ti Anti-tumor Titanium Drugs (Erich Dubler). 8. ₂₃V Insulin-Mimetic Vanadium-Containing Compounds (Tamps Kiss and Tamps Jakusch). 9. ₂₅Mn Manganese Metallotherapeutics (Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves, Tanushree Bose and Abbass Karbassian). 10. ₂₆Fe The Use of Iron-Based Drugs in Medicine (Xiang Wu and Mei Lin Go). 11. ₂₇Co Cobalt Complexes as Potential Pharmaceutical Agents (Hui Chao and Liang-Nian Ji). 12. ₂₉Cu Chemotherapeutic Copper Compounds (Francisco Gonzalez-Vilchez and Rosario Vilaplana). 13. ₃₀Zn The Role of Zinc as a Metallotherapeutic Agent (Jane V. Higdon and Emily Ho). 14. ₃₁Ga Therapeutic Gallium Compounds (Lawrence R. Bernstein). 15. ₃₂Ge Biological Activity of Organogermanium Compounds (Edmunds Lukevics and Luba Ignatovich). 16. ₃₃As Metallotherapeutic Arsenic Compounds (Paul C. Ho). 17. ₃₄Se The Use of Selenium-Based Drugs in Medicine (Michael Carland and Tahli Fenner). 18. ₄₃Tc Technetium in Medicine (Oyebola O. Sogbein and John F. Valliant). 19. ₄₄Ru Perspectives of Ruthenium Complexes in Cancer Therapy (Olivier Lentzen, Cecile Moucheron and Andree Kirsch-De Mesmaeker). 20. ₄₅Rh Rhodium in Medicine (Florian P. Pruchnik). 21. ₄₆Pd The Use of Palladium Complexes in Medicine (Achilleas Garoufis, Sotiris K. Hadjikakou and Nick Hadjiliadis). 22. ₅₀Sn Tin Compounds and Their Therapeutic Potential (Marcel Gielen and Edward R.T. Tiekink). 23. ₅₁Sb Antimony in Medicine (Siucheong Yan, Lan Jin and Hongzhe Sun). 24. ₇₅Re Therapeutic Rhenium Radiopharmaceuticals (Jonathan R. Dilworth and Paul S. Donnelly). 25. ₇₈Pt Platinum-Based Drugs (Viktor Brabec and Jana Kasparkova). 26. ₇₉Au Gold-Based Metallotherapeutics: Use and Potential (Soo Yei Ho and Edward R.T. Tiekink). 27. ₈₃Bi Bismuth-Based Pharmaceuticals (Neil Burford and Melanie D. Eelman). 28. Paramagnetic Metal Complexes as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Silvio Aime, Alessandro Barge, Eliana Gianolio, Simonetta Geninatti Crich, Walter Dastru and Fulvio Uggeri). Index.