Mineral Arsenicals in Traditional Medicines: Orpiment, Realgar, and Arsenolite
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Mineral arsenicals in traditional medicines: orpiment, realgar, and arsenolite.
Mineral arsenicals have long been used in traditional medicines for various diseases, yet arsenic can be highly toxic and carcinogenic. Arsenic in traditional medicines typically comes from deliberate addition for therapeutic purposes, mainly in the form of mineral arsenicals, including orpiment (As2S3), realgar (As4S4), and arsenolite (contains arsenic trioxide, As2O3). Inorganic arsenic is no...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-3565,1521-0103
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.139543