Vanadium: The Versatile Metal (ACS Symposium Series) - Hardcover

Kustin, Kenneth; Costa-Pessoa, Joao; Crans, Debbie C.

9780841274464: Vanadium: The Versatile Metal (ACS Symposium Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0841274460 ISBN 13: 9780841274464

Publisher: American Chemical Society, 2007

The chemistry of vanadium has expanded considerably in the last decade. The element is a main consitutent and focus of research on orally administered anti-diabetes therapies, catalysts for bulk preparation of organic feedstock, and primary metallic component of certain haloperoxidases and tunicate blood cells. No less important is vanadium's function in human, animal and plant nutrition, as aw contaminant of coal and petroleum, and as an often toxic pollutant in air, soil and water. This book describes several recent developments in experimental techniques for studying vanadium, new vanadium compounds and new advances in fundamental inorganic, organic and biochemical studies of vanadium, and includes applications to the enzymology, toxicology and anitcarcinogenic and insulin-enhancing abilities of vanadium compounds.

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About the Author:

Kennethy Kustin is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Brandies University. Joao Costa-Pessoa is a Professor of Chemistry at the Technical University of Lisbon. Debbie Crans is a Professor of Chemistry at Colorado State University.

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