Heavy Metals as Useful Drugs

Authors

  • Jan Reedijk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.1997.21

Abstract

A brief overview of the key role for heavy-metal compounds in medicine is given, with a special focus on platinum compounds used in treatment of cancer. Molecular aspects of the mechanism of action are presented in more detail.

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Published

1997-02-26

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 1-2 (1997): ILMAC 96 Retrospective

Section

Scientific Articles

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Copyright (c) 1997 Swiss Chemical Society

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

[1]
J. Reedijk, Chimia 1997, 51, 21, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.1997.21.