%0 Journal Article
%T The two opposite facets of arsenic: Toxin and anticancer drug
%A Ana-Maria Florea
%A Dietrich Busselberg
%J Journal of Local and Global Health Science
%D 2013
%I Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
%R 10.5339/jlghs.2013.1
%X Arsenic compounds have been known and used for centuries but their effects in living organisms still represent a large unknown. Arsenic compounds have paradoxical effects: they are threatening to human health, especially upon long-term exposure that can induce the development of cancer; however, they are used as drugs against cancer. This review was focuses on the effects shown by clinically and environmentally relevant arsenic compounds in living organisms with a focus on the calcium¨Capoptosis link.
%U jlghs.2013.1.pdf