diabetes and in cancer prevention. In the present work, we studied the effects of vanadium
compounds on mitochondria to investigate the mechanisms of toxicity. Mitochondria were
isolated from rat liver and incubated with a variety of vanadium compounds, ie VOSO4,
NaVO3, and vanadyl complexes with organic ligands. Our studies indicated that VO2+, VO3-
, VO (acac) 2 and VOcit (1–100μM) could induce mitochondrial swelling in a concentration …