Give silver a shine.
Katharina M. Fromm explains how, as well as catalysis and jewellery, silver serves a myriad of medicinal applications--some of which are even behind poetic traditions such as throwing coins in wishing wells.
Department of Chemistry and the Fribourg Center of Nanomaterials of the University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. katharina.fromm@unifr.ch
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D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004867:Equipment Design; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D012834:Silver
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