Biospeciation of Potential Vanadium Drugs of Acetylacetonate in the Presence of Proteins

Among vanadium compounds with potential medicinal applications, [VIVO(acac)2] is one of the most promising for its antidiabetic and anticancer activity. In the organism, however, interconversion of the oxidation state to +III and +V and binding to proteins are possible. In this report, the transform...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Sciortino, Valeria Ugone, Daniele Sanna, Giuseppe Lubinu, Simone Ruggiu, Jean-Didier Maréchal, Eugenio Garribba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2020.00345/full