Bioactive Bismuth Compounds: Is Their Toxicity a Barrier to Therapeutic Use?

 Gonçalves, M Matias, JAR Salvador… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bismuth compounds are considered relatively non-toxic, with their low solubility in aqueous
solutions (eg, biological fluids) being the major contributing factor to this property. Bismuth …

Biological activities of bismuth compounds: an overview of the new findings and the old challenges not yet overcome

JS Rosário, FH Moreira, LHF Rosa, W Guerra… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bismuth-based drugs have been used primarily to treat ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori
and other gastrointestinal ailments. Combined with antibiotics, these drugs also possess …

Current and potential applications of bismuth-based drugs

DM Keogan, DM Griffith - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Bismuth compounds have been used extensively as medicines and in particular for the
treatment of gastrointestinal ailments. In addition to bismuth's well known gastroprotective …

Medicinal chemistry and biomedical applications of bismuth-based compounds and nanoparticles

DM Griffith, H Li, MV Werrett, PC Andrews… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bismuth as a relatively non-toxic and inexpensive metal with exceptional properties has
numerous biomedical applications. Bismuth-based compounds are used extensively as …

Bismuth compounds in medicinal chemistry

JAR Salvador, SAC Figueiredo, RMA Pinto… - Future medicinal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the chemical potential of bismuth and bismuth compounds has been actively
exploited. Bismuth salts are known for their low toxicity, making them potential valuable …

Recent advances in bioinorganic chemistry of bismuth

H Li, H Sun - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Bismuth has been used in medicine for over two centuries for the treatment of various
diseases, in particular for gastrointestinal disorders, owing to its antimicrobial activity …

[PDF][PDF] Bismuth compounds and preparations with biological or medicinal relevance

GG Briand, N Burford - Chemical reviews, 1999 - researchgate.net
The chemistry of bismuth is diverse but is perhaps the least well established of the heavier
stable elements in terms of a coherent or comprehensive database. Complexes of bismuth …

[HTML][HTML] Bismuth: environmental pollution and health effects

R Wang, H Li, H Sun - Encyclopedia of environmental health, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although it has been used for centuries, bismuth remains one of the least understood
elements in the periodic table. Metallic bismuth and bismuth compounds have been widely …

Bismuth

S Himeno, H Fujishiro, D Sumi - Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, 2022 - Elsevier
Bismuth is used in alloys, semiconductor elements, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Due to
its low toxicity, the uses of bismuth as an alternative to lead are expanding. Bismuth …

Bismuth antiulcer complexes

H Sun, PJ Sadler - Metallopharmaceuticals II: diagnosis and therapy, 1999 - Springer
Bismuth compounds have been widely used in medicine for more than 200 years, and new
bismuth-containing drugs are now being developed. However, the biological chemistry of …