Vanadium compounds in medicine

JC Pessoa, S Etcheverry, D Gambino - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Anticancer activity of metal complexes: involvement of redox processes

U Jungwirth, CR Kowol, BK Keppler… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Cells require tight regulation of the intracellular redox balance and consequently of reactive
oxygen species for proper redox signaling and maintenance of metal (eg, of iron and …

The chemistry and biology of vanadium compounds in cancer therapeutics

E Kioseoglou, S Petanidis, C Gabriel… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
A diverse spectrum of vanadium compounds have arisen, over the past years, as potential
therapeutic agents for the treatment of malignancies. Poised to delineate the role of that …

Environmental toxicity, oxidative stress and apoptosis: menage a trois

R Franco, R Sánchez-Olea, EM Reyes-Reyes… - … /Genetic Toxicology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Apoptosis is an evolutionary conserved homeostatic process involved in distinct
physiological processes including organ and tissue morphogenesis, development and …

Vanadium: History, chemistry, interactions with α-amino acids and potential therapeutic applications

E Del Carpio, L Hernández, C Ciangherotti… - Coordination chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Biochemical and medical importance of vanadium compounds

J Korbecki, I Baranowska-Bosiacka… - Acta Biochimica …, 2012 - frontierspartnerships.org
Vanadium belongs to the group of transition metals and is present in the air and soil
contaminants in large urban agglomerations due to combustion of fossil fuels. It forms …

Vanadium in the detection, prevention and treatment of cancer: the in vivo evidence

A Bishayee, A Waghray, MA Patel, M Chatterjee - Cancer Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Vanadium, a dietary micronutrient, is yet to be established as an essential part of the human
diet. Over the past century, several biological effects of vanadium, such as insulin-mimetic …

Vanadium compounds as PTP inhibitors

E Irving, AW Stoker - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Phosphotyrosine signaling is regulated by the opposing actions of protein tyrosine kinases
(PTKs) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). Here we discuss the potential of …

Promising antioxidant and anticancer (human breast cancer) oxidovanadium (IV) complex of chlorogenic acid. Synthesis, characterization and spectroscopic …

LG Naso, M Valcarcel, M Roura-Ferrer… - Journal of inorganic …, 2014 - Elsevier
A new chlorogenate oxidovanadium complex (Na [VO (chlorog)(H 2 O) 3]. 4H 2 O) was
synthesized by using Schlenk methodology in the course of a reaction at inert atmosphere in …

Trends in vanadium neurotoxicity

OI Fatola, FA Olaolorun, FE Olopade, JO Olopade - Brain research bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Vanadium, atomic number 23, is a transition metal widely distributed in nature. It is a major
contaminant of fossil fuels and is widely used in industry as catalysts, in welding, and …