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ReviewBiological trace element research2018

Vanadium in Biosphere and Its Role in Biological Processes.

Deepika Tripathi, Veena Mani, Ravi Prakash Pal

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Review in Biological trace element research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Vanadium salt inhibits osteoclast formation and preserves bone integrity in a rat model of type-1 diabetes associated bone loss.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  13. Vanadium in Bipolar Disorders-Reviving an Old Hypothesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  14. Utilization of theAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  18. Toxic Effects of Inhaled Vanadium Attached to Particulate Matter: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Deepika TripathiNational Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India. deepika.trip03@gmail.com.
Veena ManiNational Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
Ravi Prakash PalNational Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
National Dairy Research Institute · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultra-trace elements or occasionally beneficial elements (OBE) are the new categories of minerals including vanadium (V). The importance of V is attributed due to its multifaceted biological roles, i.e., glucose and lipid metabolism as an insulin-mimetic, antilipemic and a potent stress alleviating agent in diabetes when vanadium is administered at lower doses. It competes with iron for transferrin (binding site for transportation) and with lactoferrin as it is secreted in milk also. The intracellular enzyme protein tyrosine phosphatase, causing the dephosphorylation at beta subunit of the insulin receptor, is inhibited by vanadium, thus facilitating the uptake of glucose inside the cell but only in the presence of insulin. Vanadium could be useful as a potential immune-stimulating agent and also as an antiinflammatory therapeutic metallodrug targeting various diseases. Physiological state and dose of vanadium compounds hold importance in causing toxicity also. Research has been carried out mostly on laboratory animals but evidence for vanadium importance as a therapeutic agent are available in humans and large animals also. This review examines the potential biochemical and molecular role, possible kinetics and distribution, essentiality, immunity, and toxicity-related study of vanadium in a biological system.

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VanadiumAnimalsGlucoseHumansKineticsGlucoseVanadiumBiological functionInsulin-mimeticMetabolic roleVanadium

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PMID29524196
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