Tellurium and Nano-Tellurium: Medicine or Poison?

• Published in: Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 8; p. 670
• Main Authors: Sári, Daniella, Ferroudj, Aya, Semsey, Dávid, El-Ramady, Hassan, Brevik, Eric C., Prokisch, József
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.04.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Adsorptivity; Analysis; Antibacterial materials; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Cadmium telluride; Catalysis; Copper; Electronic materials; Enzyme inhibitors; Gold; Gold ores; medicinal attributes; Modulators; nano-medicine; nano-toxicity; Nanoalloys; Nanoparticles; Nervous system; Oxidation; Pharmacology; Poisons; Quantum dots; Review; Scientific imaging; Selenium; Silver; Sulfur; Tellurium; therapeutics; Toxicity; Egypt; Canada; Sweden; Hungary; China; Japan; nano-toxicity; medicinal attributes; nano-medicine; therapeutics; antimicrobial agents

Tellurium (Te) is the heaviest stable chalcogen and is a rare element in Earth’s crust (one to five ppb). It was discovered in gold ore from mines in Kleinschlatten near the present-day city of Zlatna, Romania. Industrial and other applications of Te focus on its inorganic forms. Tellurium can be to...