title: [Role of vanadium in metabolism].
abstract: The trace element vanadium, has been studied during the past few years, however is unknown its cellular actions. This paper intends to give a review of the different vanadium routes, its absorption, distribution, metabolism and biotransformation, mainly because vanadium use has increased in the petroleum and steel industries affecting their workers for its toxic effects.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faría de Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D002151:Calorimetry; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012869:Skin Absorption; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014639:Vanadium / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014639:Vanadium
vernacular_title: Papel del vanadio en el metabolismo.