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Clay Minerals : Their Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Applications / Bhaskar Ghosh, Dola Chakraborty.

9783031223273 electronic book
3031223276 electronic book
3031223268
9783031223266

Cham, Switzerland : Springer ; New Delhi, India : Capital Publishing Company, [2023]

English

1 online resource (xix, 168 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

10.1007/978-3-031-22327-3 doi

QE389.625 .G46 2023

615.2

This book provides a comprehensive description of the application of clay minerals as disinfectants and the ingredients of medicines. While the presently available literature highlights one or two aspects of medicinal clays, a comprehensive text on all their major pharmaceutical applications is lacking. This book endeavors to fill up this lacuna. It further elucidates the properties of clay minerals that facilitate their application in the protection of human health, and how these properties are related to the chemical compositions and internal structures of selected mineral groups, thus revealing to the students, teachers and researchers the underlying relationship of seemingly different disciplines like mineralogy, material science and medical science. The thought-provoking questions added at the end of each chapter will give the readers a better insight of this subject. The tangible definitions and explanations of all the relevant scientific terms provided in this book, both within the text and in a glossary list at the end, are expected to help the beginners to develop a clear-cut understanding regarding different aspects of the subject and clear any confusion resulting from the ambiguous usage of terms in the existing literature.

6.1.2 Entry of SARS-CoV-2 in Human Cells: The Role of hACE2

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
References and Further Reading -- 2 Clay-Induced Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Mechanisms: How Do the Clays Protect Us from Pathogens and Toxins? -- 2.1 Clays Protecting from Viral Infections: The Mechanism of Virus Adoption -- 2.1.1 The Role of Cations in the Adsorption Mechanism -- 2.1.2 Flocculation and the Virus Adsorption Mechanism -- 2.1.3 The Importance of CEC of Clays in Virus Adsorption -- 2.1.4 Effects of Van der Waals Forces of Attraction and Hydrogen Bonding -- 2.1.5 Effects of Specific Surface Area and Surface Charge Density
References and Further Reading -- 3 Traditional Applications of the Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Properties of Clay Minerals -- 3.1 Clays in the Healing of Diseases -- 3.2 The Traditional Ways of Killing Bacteria with Clays -- 3.3 Peloid Therapy -- References and Further Reading -- 4 Antimicrobial Applications of Clays and Their Derivatives in Protection of Human Health -- 4.1 Application of Antimicrobial Property of Clay Minerals in the Treatment of Common Diseases -- 4.2 Other Application of Clay Minerals in Medicines -- 4.3 Interactions of Clay Minerals with Gastrointestinal Mucus
References and Further Reading -- 5 Antitoxic Applications of Clays in the Protection of Human Health -- 5.1 Quantitative Representation of Adsorption Potential: The Sorption Coefficient -- 5.2 Clay Minerals in the Treatment of Orally Ingested Toxic Substances -- 5.3 Clay Minerals in the Treatment of Toxic Substances Synthesised Within Human Body -- References and Further Reading -- 6 Clays in the Global War Against COVID-19: Why are They Preferable Over the Conventional Weaponry? -- 6.1 Characteristic Features of SARS-CoV-2 -- 6.1.1 Common Variants of SARS-CoV-2

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