The many “faces” of copper in medicine and treatment
Copper (Cu) is an essential microelement found in all living organisms with the unique ability to adopt two different redox states—in the oxidized (Cu2+) and reduced (Cu+). It is required for survival and serves as an important catalytic cofactor in redox chemistry for proteins that carry out fundam...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4113679/ |