Fig. 9.
Summary of metabolism of vanadium and species of this metal in physiological fluids and tissues. V: vanadium, V5+: pentavalent vanadium, V4+: tetravalent vanadium, VO4−/VO3−: vanadate anion, VO2+: vanadyl cation, V*: exchangeable vanadium (‘free’), VO(OH)2: insoluble vanadyl hydroxide, GSH: reduced glutathione, Hb: hemoglobin, RBC: erythrocytes, ALB: albumin, Tf: transferrin, IgG: immunoglobulin G, FER: ferritin, Citrate-T: citrate transporter, Lactate-T: lactate transporter, Organic-AT: organic anion transporter, LMMF: low molecular mass fraction, HMMF: high molecular mass fraction, TfF: transferrin fraction, HbF: hemoglobin fraction. Based on available literature data cited in section 7 and other reports [60,90,91].