The periodic table of medicine

• Autores: Greg Scutt, Aren Okello, Railton Scott, Michael Hal Sosabowski
• Localización: School Science Review, ISSN 0036-6811, Vol. 101, Nº. 374, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: The Periodic Table), págs. 71-80
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article we discuss the chemistry, pharmacology and therapeutics of a range of medicines that contain in their formulation a key element from the periodic table. The elements we discuss may be in their ionic or atomic form, or may be integral to the functioning of a much larger drug molecule, but in each case we explore how that element's fundamental chemistry can be exploited to treat a number of life-threatening or quality-of-life-threatening diseases.