Medicinal and Biological Inorganic Chemistry

148 Pages·2022·3.02 MB·english

by  Ajay Kumar Goswami

AjayKumarGoswami,IrenaKostova
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Ajay Kumar Goswami, Irena Kostova
Medicinal
and Biological
Inorganic Chemistry
Authors
Prof.AjayKumarGoswami
132,RoadNo5,SubhashNagar
Udaipur313001
Rajasthan
India
[email protected]
Prof.IrenaKostova
MedicalUniversity
FacultyofPharmacy
DepartmentofChemistry
DunavStreet2
1000Sofia
Bulgaria
[email protected]
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Preface
Inceptionoftheideaofwritingabookonmedicinalinorganicchemistrywassown
longbackwhilewritingatextbookonbioinorganicandsupramolecularchemistry.
Ihavealwaysfeltthatinorganicchemicalsand,inparticular,metalsneedaproper
place in the medicinal chemistry area and deserve to be equally important com-
paredtotheirorganiccounterparts.Bioinorganicchemistryandcoordinationchem-
istrywerealwaysmyresearchfields,butinthisareaIwasbithesitanttoenterinto
writing.However,Prof.Kostova’seasyconsenttowriteabookjointlymademymo-
rale boosted and her contribution as other part was more than encouraging to
shape this book. The holistic view of two closely related or rather intertwined
branches of emerging field would certainly bring advancement to the research in
the area of medicinal and biological inorganic chemistry. This book on alternative
systemofmedicineswouldhopefullymakesensibleguidelinesforthehithertoad-
vancing medicinal systemsand further research on Ayurvedaand Tibetan systems
inmoretotality.
Thebookisahumbleapproachformergingknowledgeintraditionalandscien-
tificareas.Ileaveuponreaderstojudgeandpointoutshortcomings,ifany,andhelp
authorstodostillbetter.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501516115-202

Contents
Preface VII
SectionAMedicinal inorganicchemistry
Chapter1 Introductionandfundamentalsofmedicinalinorganic
chemistry 3
Chapter2 Metalsinmedicine:perspectiveandprospectiveview 7
Chapter3 Metalsinalternativesystemofmedicine 29
References 37
SectionB Biologicalinorganicchemistry
Chapter1 Introduction 43
Chapter2 Main-groupelements 45
Chapter3 Main-groupelements 49
Chapter4 Main-groupelements 53
Chapter5 Carbongroupelements 55
Chapter6 Nitrogengroupelements 61
Chapter7 Oxygengroupelements 69
Chapter8 Halogenelements 75
Chapter9 Metalsinbiologicalsystems 79
Chapter10 Transitionelements 83
X Contents
Chapter11 Transitionmetalsinchemotherapy 105
References 123
Index 137