Metallomics related to gallium compounds: biochemical and xenobiochemical aspects

Abstract

Issues concerning the chemical compounds studied in the framework of metallomics are of interest both for biochemistry – domain dealing with the metabolization of nutrients and xenobiochemistry – a subsequent domain of biochemistry dealing with the biodegradation of xenobiotics. In this context, reviewed here are in vivo and in vitro data on inorganic and organo-metallic compounds of gallium (Ga), ranging from cellular and molecular biology, to biochemistry and pathobiochemistry, and to pharmacology and related to homeostasis and nutrient degradation.

Keywords

• gallium compounds – biochemistry
• xenobiochemistry
• biomedical effects
• in vivo
• in vitro