Metal ions play important roles in biological processes, 1 and the field of knowledge
concerned with the application of inorganic chemistry to therapy or diagnosis of disease is …

Vanadium is a transition metal that, being ubiquitously distributed in soil, crude oil, water
and air, also found roles in biological systems and is an essential element in most living …

The discovery of cisplatin's antitumor activity in 1969 prompted the search for novel metal-
containing complexes as potential anticancer drugs. Among these novel complexes, metal N …

Metals are essential for life, and they play a central role in the struggle between infecting
microbes and their hosts. In fact, an important aspect of microbial pathogenesis is the …

The application of gold in medicine is traceable for several thousand years and Au (i)
compounds have been used clinically to treat rheumatoid arthritis since the last century …

Many first-line treatments for neglected tropical diseases identified by the World Health
Organization (WHO) are limited by one or more of the following: the development of drug …

Interest in antimicrobial gold complexes originated from the work of Robert Koch at the end
of 19th century, who demonstrated that potassium dicyanidoaurate (I), K [Au (CN) 2], showed …

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a protozoan species of the genus
Leishmania affecting mostly the developing countries. The disease with current mortality rate …

In the last 30 years, since the discovery that vanadium is a cofactor found in certain enzymes
of tunicates and possibly in mammals, different vanadium-based drugs have been …

Methods to improve disinfection of environmental surfaces in hospital rooms include
improving cleaning/disinfection by environmental service workers through education and …