Chelating decorporation agents for internal contamination by actinides: Designs, mechanisms, and advances

Autor: Yongzhong Li, Bin Li, Li Chen, Junxing Dong, Ziming Xia, Ying Tian
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of inorganic biochemistry. 238
ISSN: 1873-3344
Popis: During the wide utilization of the actinides in medicine, energy, military, and other fields, internal contaminations can profoundly endanger human health and public security. Chelating decorporation agents are the most effective therapies to reduce internal contamination that includes radiological and chemical toxicities. This review introduces the structures of chelating decorporation agents including inorganic salts, polyaminocarboxylic acids, peptides, polyphosphonates, siderophores, calixarenes, polyethylenimines, and fullerenes, and highlights ongoing advances in their designs and mechanisms. However, there are still numerous challenges that block their applications including coordination properties, pharmacokinetic properties, oral bioavailability, limited timing of administration, and toxicity. Therefore, additional efforts are needed to push novel decorporation agents with high efficiency and low toxicity for the treatment of internal contamination by actinides.
Databáze: OpenAIRE