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  Arsenic Induced Oxidative Stress and Its Possible Reversal by Chelation Therapy

  By M. Muthumani, S. Milton Prabu

  Abstract: Arsenic (As) is a metalloid listed in group Va of the periodic chart. It exists in nature in the oxidation states +V (arsenate), +III (arsenite), 0 (arsenic) and −III (arsine). In the aqueous environment inorganic arsenic appears commonly in the oxidation states +V and +III as arsenous acid (As (III)), arsenic acid (As (V)), and their salts. Chronic and acute exposures of arsenic leads to cancer, cardiovascular disease (hypertension and …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Toxicology · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2012 · pp. 16–37 Read article →