The rich diversity of coordination chemistry provides exciting prospects for the design of
novel therapeutic agents with unique mechanisms of action. Central to such discovery is the …

There is a wide range of potential applications of inorganic compounds, and metal
coordination complexes in particular, in medicine but progress is hampered by a lack of …

Organisms have developed their internal biochemistry in close connection to the
composition of the natural environment. Humans, as well as all mammals, unlike …

Concentrations of total aluminium (Al) and iron (Fe) were determined in Lake Loskop over a
period of four months in 2009 in samples of phytobenthos, phytoplankton …

Because of its toxic effects on living beings, Al may represent an environmental hazard,
particularly under increased acidic conditions. Growing environmental concern over the …

Nowadays authenticity of foods and fish in particular has become of crucial importance
because of high number of adulteration cases. Authenticity control has gained ground …

Two freshwater fish, Rasbora sumatrana (Cyprinidae) and Poecilia reticulata (guppy;
Poeciliidae), were exposed to a range of eight heavy metals (copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd) …

The use of nano-enabled products (NEPs) can release engineered nanomaterials (ENMs)
into water resources, and the increasing commercialisation of NEPs raises the …

In this paper we took into examination the use of chelation therapy for treating metal
intoxication in humans. We divided this paper in four main parts: before all the principal …

The influence of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) on the toxicity of aluminum (Al) at pH 5
(relevant to acid mine drainage conditions), to the tropical green hydra (Hydra viridissima) …