Table of Contents

List of Contributors.

Preface.

1. 3Li Lithium Metallotherapeutics (Robin S.B. Williams and Adrian J. Harwood).

2. 5B Boron Compounds as Therapeutic Drugs (Geeta Rana, Kamesh Vyakaranam, John A. Maguire and Narayan S. Hosmane).

3. 12Mg The Role of Magnesium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug (Pietro Delva).

4. 13Al Aluminum Metallotherapeutics (Thanos Salifoglou).

5. 14Si Biological Activity of Organosilicon Compounds (Edmunds Lukevics and Luba Ignatovich).

6. 20Ca The Role of Calcium as a Metallotherapeutic Drug (Mario Barbagallo and Ligia J. Dominguez).

7. 22Ti Anti-tumor Titanium Drugs (Erich Dubler).

8. 23V Insulin-Mimetic Vanadium-Containing Compounds (Tamþs Kiss and Tamþs Jakusch).

9. 25Mn Manganese Metallotherapeutics (Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves, Tanushree Bose and Abbass Karbassian).

10. 26Fe The Use of Iron-Based Drugs in Medicine (Xiang Wu and Mei Lin Go).

11. 27Co Cobalt Complexes as Potential Pharmaceutical Agents (Hui Chao and Liang-Nian Ji).

12. 29Cu Chemotherapeutic Copper Compounds (Francisco González-Vílchez and Rosario Vilaplana).

13. 30Zn The Role of Zinc as a Metallotherapeutic Agent (Jane V. Higdon and Emily Ho).

14. 31Ga Therapeutic Gallium Compounds (Lawrence R. Bernstein).

15. 32Ge Biological Activity of Organogermanium Compounds (Edmunds Lukevics and Luba Ignatovich).

16. 33As Metallotherapeutic Arsenic Compounds (Paul C. Ho).

17. 34Se The Use of Selenium-Based Drugs in Medicine (Michael Carland and Tahli Fenner).

18. 43Tc Technetium in Medicine (Oyebola O. Sogbein and John F. Valliant).

19. 44Ru Perspectives of Ruthenium Complexes in Cancer Therapy (Olivier Lentzen, Cécile Moucheron and Andrée Kirsch-De Mesmaeker).

20. 45Rh Rhodium in Medicine (Florian P. Pruchnik).

21. 46Pd The Use of Palladium Complexes in Medicine (Achilleas Garoufis, Sotiris K. Hadjikakou and Nick Hadjiliadis).

22. 50Sn Tin Compounds and Their Therapeutic Potential (Marcel Gielen and Edward R.T. Tiekink).

23. 51Sb Antimony in Medicine (Siucheong Yan, Lan Jin and Hongzhe Sun).

24. 75Re Therapeutic Rhenium Radiopharmaceuticals (Jonathan R. Dilworth and Paul S. Donnelly).

25. 78Pt Platinum-Based Drugs (Viktor Brabec and Jana Kasparkova).

26. 79Au Gold-Based Metallotherapeutics: Use and Potential (Soo Yei Ho and Edward R.T. Tiekink).

27. 83Bi Bismuth-Based Pharmaceuticals (Neil Burford and Melanie D. Eelman).

28. Paramagnetic Metal Complexes as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Silvio Aime, Alessandro Barge, Eliana Gianolio, Simonetta Geninatti Crich, Walter Dastrù and Fulvio Uggeri).

Index.

About the Author

Marcel Gielen, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.