2002/04/01 by Ronald Bentley, Thomas G. Chasteen · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Arsenic contamination and mitigation #Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes #Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects
paper · doi:10.1007/s00897020539a
openalex publication_date 2002/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Despite its undoubted toxicity, arsenic is a much-used element, finding applications in agriculture, industry, and medicine. Arsenic as a poison has a prominent role in plays and novels as well as in real life. In medicine, arsenic was so widely used in the 19th century as a cure-all that it has been termed a “therapeutic mule.” Some arsenic compounds are still used in the treatment of parasitic disease. Moreover, in a striking development for a material regarded as a carcinogen, arsenous trioxide (brand name, Trisenox) was recently approved for treatment of leukemia. Arsenic has had a profound overall impact on human lives.