lanthanoids are used in the production of batteries, lasers and other technological devices. Some lanthanoids salts, such as the salts of lanthanum, cerium and gadolinium are
increasingly used in a clinical setting, for example, as a phosphate binder in the treatment of renal osteodys- trophy or as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) contrast agents. Lanthanoids (Ln) show a biological behaviour very similar to that of Ca2+, as they have similar ionic radii. Lanthanoids are mostly trivalent and therefore possess a higher charge than Ca2+. Lanthanoids display a high
binding affinity to calcium-binding sites in biological molecules and to water molecules. The coordination number for lanthanoids varies from 6 to 12. Mostly, eight or nine water molecules are coordinated to the lanthanoid ion. This is a significantly lower coordination number compared to that of calcium, which is 6.
increasingly used in a clinical setting, for example, as a phosphate binder in the treatment of renal osteodys- trophy or as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) contrast agents. Lanthanoids (Ln) show a biological behaviour very similar to that of Ca2+, as they have similar ionic radii. Lanthanoids are mostly trivalent and therefore possess a higher charge than Ca2+. Lanthanoids display a high
binding affinity to calcium-binding sites in biological molecules and to water molecules. The coordination number for lanthanoids varies from 6 to 12. Mostly, eight or nine water molecules are coordinated to the lanthanoid ion. This is a significantly lower coordination number compared to that of calcium, which is 6.
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