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Vanadium : toxicology and biological significance / T. G. Faulkner Hudson.- Amsterdam ; London ; New York : Elsevier, 1964.- x, 140 p. : il. ; 21 cm. - (Elsevier monographs on toxic agents)
TOXICOLOGIA, BIOLOGIA
Preface. Acknowledegment. Chapter 1. The discovery of vanadium. Chapter 2. The distribution of vanadium in nature. Presence in plants and soils. Significance in plant life. Presence in various marine organisms. The nature of haemovanadin. Presence in animal and human tissues. Significance in animallife. Chapter 3. The effects of vanadium on metabolism. Trace metaIs in enzyme systems. Some early observations on vanadium's activity. Sulphur metabolism. General considerations. Depression of cystine formation. Effect on coenzyme activity. Chapter 4. The effects of vanadium on metabolism (continued). Suppression of cholesterol metabolism. Site of action in cholesterol synthesis. Influence on other body lipids. Effect on cholesterol stores in man. Significance in cardiovascular disease. Chapter 5. Other biological effects of vanadium. Effect on monoamineoxidase in serotonin oxidation. Action in haemopoiesis. Significance in calcium metabolism. Bactericidal attributes. Chapter 6. Absorption, distribution and excretion of vanadium.Detection in body tissues. Absorption from lung and intestine. Excretion by kidney and bowel - Skeletal retention - Chelation and other factors influencing toxicity. Chapter 7. The experimental approach to vanadium toxicology. Injection of vanadium salts. Effects of ingestion. Inhalation of the pentoxide. Summary of toxic effects.Chapter 8. Industrial sources of vanadium. The chiei mineraIs. Recovery of the pentoxide from ores. Production of ferrovanadium and vanadium metal. Chapter 9. The application of vanadium to industry. Some properties of the element. Perrovanadium in steel making. Use of special alloys. Catalytic and other properties of the pentoxide. Miscellaneous uses of vanadium salts. Ductile vanadium metal. World demand for vanadium products. Chapter 10. Vanadium poisoning in industry. Exposure to the pentoxide and vanadates. Mining and milling of vanadium ores. Processing of basic slag. Chapter Il. Vanadium poisoning in industry (continued). Oil-fired boiler operations. Gas turbine maintenance. Significance of sulphur contaminants in boiler cleaning. Effect of oil-burning on community health. Chapter 12. Vanadium poisoning in industry (continued). The nature of the illness. Maximum permissible concentrations. Methods of prevention and medical supervision.