Bioelementology as an interdisciplinary integrative approach in life sciences: Terminology, classification, perspectives

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• 作者：Anatoly V. Skalny^a ; ^b ; ^{skalny3@microelements.ru}
• 关键词：Bioelement ; Bioelementology ; Life science ; Integrative concept
• 刊名：Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：25
• 期：supp_S1
• 页码：S3-S10
• 全文大小：1K

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The article presents the proposed concept of bioelements and the basic postulates of bioelementology for assessing and discussing them in the scientific community. It is known that chemical elements exist in the organism not by themselves, but in certain species having close interaction with other components. Such units are proposed to be called bioelements: the elementary functioning units of living matter, which are biologically active complexes of chemical elements as atoms, ions or nanoparticles with organic compounds of exogenous or biogenous origin. The scientific discipline that studies bioelements, is proposed to be called bioelementology. This discipline could lay the foundation for the integration of bioorganic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, biophysics, molecular biology and other parts of life sciences.