Clays and clay minerals can be applied to solve different questions dealing with human health: some of these problems are the reduction of pollutants and toxins in food and the use of these materials as carriers for drugs. For what concerns the first topic, this short review focuses on three case studies about the carcinogen toxin aflatoxin M1, a metabolite of the very toxic aflatoxin B1, whereas salicylic acid and diclofenac are the drugs studied using clay minerals as carriers.

Clay minerals and health applications

Luca Medici
2016

Abstract

Clays and clay minerals can be applied to solve different questions dealing with human health: some of these problems are the reduction of pollutants and toxins in food and the use of these materials as carriers for drugs. For what concerns the first topic, this short review focuses on three case studies about the carcinogen toxin aflatoxin M1, a metabolite of the very toxic aflatoxin B1, whereas salicylic acid and diclofenac are the drugs studied using clay minerals as carriers.
2016
Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale - IMAA
Inglese
Laura Scrano, Ilaria Braschi & Sabino Aurelio Bufo
Natural minerals and synthetic surrogates for environment and health safeguard: medicine, veterinary, agriculture and ecology issues
47
53
7
978-88-96295-22-9
clay minerals
aflatoxin
salicylic acid
diclofenac
Il contributo rappresenta la sintesi della lezione effettuata nell'ambito della Summer School: NATURAL MINERALS AND SYNTHETIC SURROGATES FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SAFEGUARD: MEDICINE, VETERINARY, AGRICULTURE AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES, organizzata dal Gruppo di Ricerca Italiano Fitofarmaci e Ambiente, dalla Società Chimica Italiana, e dall' Associazione Italiana Studio delle Argille. Bari, 20-22 giugno 2016. La lezione è stata tenuta il giorno martedì 21 giugno presso l'Università degli Studi di Bari, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e GeoAmbientali
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02 Contributo in Volume::02.01 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
268
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Medici, Luca
info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
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