Vanadium: History, chemistry, interactions with α-amino acids and potential therapeutic applications

Edgar Del Carpio1,2, Lino Hernández1,3, Carlos Ciangherotti4,5

  • 1Laboratorio de Equilibrios en Solución, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Apartado 89000, Caracas 1080 A, Venezuela.

Coordination Chemistry Reviews
|April 1, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
2,2′-bipy, 2,2-bipyridine6-mepic, 6-methylpicolinic acidAd, adenosineAla, alanineAla-Gly, alanylglycineAla-His, alanylhistidineAla-Ser, alanylserineAmino acidsAntidiabeticsAntitumorsAsp, aspartic acidBEOV, bis(ethylmaltolate)oxovanadium(IV)Chemical speciationCys, cysteineCyt, citrateDMF, N,N-dimethylformamideDNA, deoxyribonucleic acidEPR, Electron Paramagnetic ResonanceG, GaussGlu, glutamic acidGly, glycineGlyAla, glycylalanineGlyGly, glycylglycineGlyGlyCys, glycylglycylcysteineGlyGlyGly, glycylglycylglycineGlyGlyHis, glycylglycylhistidineGlyPhe, glycylphenylalanineGlyTyr, glycyltyrosineGlyVal, glycylvalineHIV, human immunodeficiency virusHSA, albuminHb, hemoglobinHis, histidineHisGlyGly, histidylglycylglycineIg, immunoglobulinsIm, imidazoleL-Glu(γ)HXM, l-glutamic acid γ-monohydroxamateLD50, the amount of a toxic agent (such as a poison, virus, or radiation) that is sufficient to kill 50 percent of population of animalsLac, lactateMeCN, acetonitrileNADH and NAD+, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotideNEP, neutral endopeptidasNMR, Nuclear Magnetic ResonanceOx, oxalatePI3K, phosphoinositide 3-kinasePTP1B, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1BPic, picolinic acidPro, prolinePro-Ala, prolylalanineRNA, ribonucleic acidSARS, severe acute respiratory syndromeSal-Ala, N-salicylidene-l-alaninateSalGly, salicylglycineSalGlyAla, salicylglycylalanineSer, serineT, TeslaTHF, tetrahydrofuranThr, threonineVBPO, vanadium bromoperoxidasesVanSer, Schiff base formed from o-vanillin and l-serineVanadium complexesacac, acetylacetonedhp, 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4(1H)-pyridinonedipic, dipicolinic aciddmpp, 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonatehTf, transferringhpno, 2-hydroxypyridine-N-oxidel.m.m., low molecular massmal, maltolpy, pyridinesal-l-Phe, N-salicylidene-l-tryptophanatesalGlyGly, N-salicylideneglycylglycinatesalSer, N-salicylideneserinatesalTrp, N-salicylidene-L tryptophanatesalVal, N-salicylidene-l-valinatesalophen, N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-o-phenylenediaminesaltrp, N-salicylidene-l-tryptophanateγ-PGA, poly-γ-glutamic acid

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