Reviewing the health applications of selected metallic elements and the inorganic, organic, and bio-chemistry underlying the formulation of metallonutraceuticals, this comprehensive work provides a detailed description of the fundamentals and end-use applications of a series of metals vital to the metabolic and nutritional activities of human beings. Assuming a basic understanding of the role of metals in human physiology, it addresses various production issues including scaling up, processing, and automation from different scientific perspectives, as well as FDA regulations, institutional regulations, and ethics for industrial operations and corporate transactions.

Concept, Definition, and Need for Metallonutraceuticals Jayant Lokhande and Yashwant Pathak Roles of Metals in Metabolism Jatin Shah and Jayant Lokhande Ethnopharmacology and Ethnomedicine of Metals Jayant Lokhande, Shriniwas Samant, Ganesh Shinde, and Yashwant Pathak Characterization of Metallonutraceuticals Jayant Lokhande and Yashwant Pathak Characterization Bioavailability and Drug Interactions of Metallonutraceuticals Charles Preuss Therapeutic Applications of Nanometals Amy Broadwater, Bhaskar Mazumder, and Yashwant Pathak Metallonanotherapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases Komal Vig and Shivani Soni Nanometals and Complexes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Sajid Bashir, Srinath Palakurthi, Hong-Cai Zhou, and Jingbo Liu Application of Metals in Traditional Chinese Medicine Bhaskar Mazumdar, Shufeng Zhou, Jiayou Wang, and Yashwant Pathak Metalloenzymes: Relevance in Biological Systems and Potential Applications Ravi Ramesh Pathak Application of Nanosilver in Nutraceuticals Pranab Jyoti Das, Bhasker Mazumder, and Charles Preuss Regulatory Pathways and Intellectual Property Rights for Metallonutraceuticals Vishal Kataria, Jayant Lokhande, Vrinda Vedi, and Yashwant Pathak Gold Nanoparticles: A Promising Nanometallic Drug Delivery System with Many Therapeutic Applications Anastasia Groshev, Danielle Dantuma, Vaibhav Alandikar, Samuel Rapaka, Yashwant Pathak, and Vijaykumar Sutariya Index