Therapeutic potential of selenium and tellurium compounds: opportunities yet unrealised
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-17-2012
Abstract
Despite being disparaged for their malodorous and toxic demeanour, compounds of selenium, a bio-essential element, and tellurium, offer possibilities as therapeutic agents. Herein, their potential use as drugs, for example, as anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory agents, etc., will be surveyed along with a summary of the established biological functions of selenium. The natural biological functions of tellurium remain to be discovered.
Keywords
Chemistry
Divisions
CHEMISTRY
Publication Title
Dalton Transactions
Volume
41
Issue
21
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Additional Information
Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia. Edward.Tiekink@gmail.com
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