Therapeutic Potential And Biochemical Mechanisms Of Action Of Organic Germanium Compounds In Modern Medicine: From Immunomodulation To Neuroprotection

Abstract

Despite the use of inorganic germanium compounds as industrial semiconductors and their toxicity to the human body upon prolonged exposure, the potential application of organic germanium compounds (in particular, propagermanium and Ge-132) as immunomodulators and antitumor agents points to the need for a deeper study of their molecular mechanisms, which have already been tested in animals, opening up new prospects for the treatment of chronic inflammatory processes, oncological, and neurodegenerative diseases.