LEADER 03423nam 2200493 450 001 9910683344303321 005 20230730235810.0 010 $a3-031-22327-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-22327-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7218117 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7218117 035 $a(OCoLC)1373984979 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-22327-3 035 $a(PPN)269099123 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926305237400041 100 $a20230730d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClay minerals $etheir antimicrobial and antitoxic applications /$fBhaskar Ghosh and Dola Chakraborty 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland AG,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (182 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Ghosh, Bhaskar Clay Minerals Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031223266 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aAn Overview of the Clay Minerals: Composition, Classification, Internal Structure and Properties -- Clay-induced Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Mechanisms: How do the Clays Protect Us From Pathogens and Toxins? -- Traditional Applications of the Antimicrobial and Antitoxic Properties of Clay Minerals -- Antimicrobial Applications of Clays and Their Derivatives in Protection of Human Health -- Antitoxic Applications of Clays in the Protection of Human Health -- Clays in the Global War Against COVID-19: Why are They Preferable Over the Conventional Weaponry? -- The Present and the Future: Advantages, Drawbacks, and Future Prospects of Clays for Protection of Human Health. 330 $aThis book provides a comprehensive description of the application of clay minerals as disinfectants and the ingredients of medicines. While the presently available literature highlights one or two aspects of medicinal clays, a comprehensive text on all their major pharmaceutical applications is lacking. This book endeavors to fill up this lacuna. It further elucidates the properties of clay minerals that facilitate their application in the protection of human health, and how these properties are related to the chemical compositions and internal structures of selected mineral groups, thus revealing to the students, teachers and researchers the underlying relationship of seemingly different disciplines like mineralogy, material science and medical science. The thought-provoking questions added at the end of each chapter will give the readers a better insight of this subject. The tangible definitions and explanations of all the relevant scientific terms provided in this book, both within the text and in a glossary list at the end, are expected to help the beginners to develop a clear-cut understanding regarding different aspects of the subject and clear any confusion resulting from the ambiguous usage of terms in the existing literature. 606 $aAnti-infective agents 606 $aClay minerals 615 0$aAnti-infective agents. 615 0$aClay minerals. 676 $a615.2 700 $aGhosh$b Bhaskar$01348038 702 $aChakraborty$b Dola 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910683344303321 996 $aClay Minerals$93085121 997 $aUNINA