Biomedical applications /
Metal and metalloid-containing compounds exhibit a wide range of biological and biocidal activities, some of which have been employed in medicines and drugs. Polymers containing metal or metalloid functions become a natural extension of this effort; just as organic compound drugs have been chemicall...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Interscience,
©2004.
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| Series: | Macromolecules containing metal and metal-like elements ;
v. 3. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Metal and metalloid-containing compounds exhibit a wide range of biological and biocidal activities, some of which have been employed in medicines and drugs. Polymers containing metal or metalloid functions become a natural extension of this effort; just as organic compound drugs have been chemically bound to polymers or physically imbibed into polymer matrices in order to provide a variety of useful advantages, the same opportunities exist for using metal and metalloid species. This volume covers important biomedical applications of organometallic compounds, including metal-labeled DNA on surfaces, artificial metallo-DNA, organotin molecules as anti-cancer drugs, and much more. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages : : illustrations.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780471683773 (electronic bk.) 0471683779 (electronic bk.) |