Aluminium dependent human diseases, and chelating properties of aluminium chelators for bio-medical applications

1. Introduction 2. Aluminium metabolism 2.1 Intestinal aluminium absorption 2.2 Aluminium transport in blood 2.3 Tissue distribution 2.4 Brain uptake and efflux 2.5 Aluminium excretion 3. Solution chemistry of aluminium 4. Chelating agents 5. Crystal structures of selected Al(III) complexes 5.1. Al-(6O) complexes 5.2. Al-(4O,2N) complexes 5.3. Al-(3O,3N) complexes 6. Reference