Organic selenocompounds: are they the panacea for human illnesses?
Pablo A. Nogara, Meire Ellen Pereira, Cláudia Sirlene Oliveira, Laura Orian, João Batista Teixeira da Rocha
Abstract
The pharmacological studies of organoselenium compounds need to be profoundly improved to find an actual application of this interesting class of molecules.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryPanacea (medicine)Class (philosophy)Combinatorial chemistryComputational biologyNanotechnologyEpistemologyBiologyAlternative medicineMedicinePhilosophyMaterials sciencePathologyOrganoselenium and organotellurium chemistrySelenium in Biological SystemsSulfur Compounds in Biology