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Zhouheng Ye1, Rongjia Zhang, Xuejun Sun
1Department of Diving Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. sunxjk@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
Argon is a noble gas in group 18 of the periodic table. Certificated to exist in air atmosphere merely one century ago, discovery of argon shows interesting stories of researching and exploring. It was assumed to have no chemical activity. However, argon indeed present its biological effect on mammals. Narcotic effect of argon in diving operation and neur-protective function of argon in cerebral injury demonstrate that argon has crucial effect and be concentrated on is necessary. Furthermore, consider to be harmless to human, argon clinical application in therapy would be another option.
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