[HTML][HTML] Nothing boring about boron

L Pizzorno - Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The trace mineral boron is a micronutrient with diverse and vitally important roles in
metabolism that render it necessary for plant, animal, and human health, and as recent …

The importance of boron in biological systems

I Uluisik, HC Karakaya, A Koc - Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Boron is an essential element for plants and probably essential for human and animal
health. Boron has a broad range of physiological effects on biological systems at low …

Toxicity of boric acid, borax and other boron containing compounds: A review

N Hadrup, M Frederiksen, AK Sharma - Regulatory toxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Boron, often in the form of boric acid, is widely used as a flame retardant in insulation
products, and although humans ingest boron through food, high exposure may lead to …

Hollow boron nitride nanospheres as boron reservoir for prostate cancer treatment

X Li, X Wang, J Zhang, N Hanagata, X Wang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
High global incidence of prostate cancer has led to a focus on prevention and treatment
strategies to reduce the impact of this disease in public health. Boron compounds are …

Promising potential of boron compounds against Glioblastoma: In Vitro antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer studies

H Turkez, ME Arslan, A Tatar, A Mardinoglu - Neurochemistry international, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common and aggressive primary malignant astrocytoma
correlated with poor patient survival. There are no curative treatments for GB, and it …

Boron-containing compounds: chemico-biological properties and expanding medicinal potential in prevention, diagnosis and therapy

MA Soriano-Ursúa, BC Das… - Expert opinion on …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Although the medicinal use of boron-containing compounds (BCCs) had long
been limited to antiseptics, in the last few decades, these compounds have been used as …

[HTML][HTML] Selected physiological effects of boron compounds for animals and humans. A review

M Białek, M Czauderna, KA Krajewska… - Journal of Animal and …, 2019 - jafs.com.pl
Boron is a metalloid that plays an important role in the functioning of cell membrane,
enzymatic reactions and the hormonal and mineral metabolism of animals. Boron is also …

Boric acid reduces the formation of DNA double strand breaks and accelerates wound healing process

BE Tepedelen, E Soya, M Korkmaz - Biological trace element research, 2016 - Springer
Boron is absorbed by the digestive and respiratory system, and it was considered that it is
converted to boric acid (BA), which was distributed to all tissues above 90%. The …

Anticancer effects of phytol against Sarcoma (S-180) and Human Leukemic (HL-60) cancer cells

MVOB de Alencar, MT Islam, AMOF da Mata… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Phytol (Pyt), a diterpenoid, possesses many important bioactivities. This study
evaluates the anticancer effects of Pyt on sarcoma 180 (S-180) and human leukemia (HL …

Paclitaxel and its derivative facilitate the transmission of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance genes through conjugative transfer

B Yang, Z Wang, Y Jia, D Fang, R Li, Y Liu - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid dissemination of antibiotic resistance by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) renders
the global resistance crisis more tense and urgent as few effective antimicrobials are …