A glimpse on biological activities of tellurium compounds

Tellurium is a rare element which has been regarded as a toxic, non-essential trace element and its biological role is not clearly established to date. Besides of that, the biological effects of elemental tellurium and some of its inorganic and organic derivatives have been studied, leading to a set...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo L. O. R. Cunha, Iuri E. Gouvea, Luiz Juliano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2009-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652009000300006