Overview
- Up-to-date review on the relationships between essential metals and human diseases
- Covers the bulk metals sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium, plus the trace elements manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and selenium. Also covered are chromium, vanadium, nickel, silicon, and arsenic
- Insight into metal homeostasis and role for life, including deficiency or overload, and the links of metals to illnesses, including cancer and neurological disorders
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Metal Ions in Life Sciences (MILS, volume 13)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (16 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This volume, which lies at the natural juncture between chemistry, biology, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and medicine, provides the basis for understanding the important roles played by metal ions and the clinical consequences of an imbalance in their homeostasis. I have no doubt that this volume will serve not only as a source of inspiration as well as an important reference point for academics working in this research field, but will also act as an invaluable resource for undergraduate teaching.” (Celine J. Marmion, Transition Metal Chemistry, Vol. 39, 2014)
“The book is a great compilation of high-quality review articles describing how essential metals and metalloids correlate with human diseases. Its interdisciplinary line-up ensures that every reader will learn something new when browsing through the book. Each of its chapters is well suited to serve both as a reference for scientists already familiar with the respective subject andas a starting point for novices. … deserves a place in every scientific library and on the shelf of every bioinorganic chemist.” (Jens Müller, Inorganica Chimica Acta, Vol. 423, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Interrelations between Essential Metal Ions and Human Diseases
Editors: Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, Roland K.O. Sigel
Series Title: Metal Ions in Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7500-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7499-5Published: 10 February 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0271-1Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7500-8Published: 27 January 2014
Series ISSN: 1559-0836
Series E-ISSN: 1868-0402
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 573
Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine general, Chemistry/Food Science, general