Therapeutic Properties of Vanadium Complexes

Vanadium is a hard, silver-grey transition metal found in at least 60 minerals and fossil fuel deposits. Its oxide other vanadium salts are toxic to humans, but the effects depend on form, dose, exposure duration, route of intoxication. used by some life forms as an active center enzymes, such bromoperoxidase ocean algae nitrogenases bacteria. The structure biochemistry vanadate resemble those phosphate, hence can be regarded phosphate competitor variety biochemical enzymes kinases phosphatases. In this review, we describe pathways regulated compounds their potential therapeutic benefits for range disorders including type 2 diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, microbial pathology.