Recent perspectives into biochemistry of decavanadate

Table 1 Decavanadate in vivo studies in 2001-2010

Tissue	Effects	Administration mode	Exposition time	Ref.
H	Antioxidant enzymes	ip	1, 7 d	[7]
H/K/L	Histological effects	ip	1, 7 d	[8]
L	Vanadium accumulation	iv	12, 24 h, 7 d	[9]
	Antioxidant enzymes
H/B	Vanadium accumulation	iv	1, 6, 12 h	[10]
H	Lipid peroxidation	iv	1, 6, 12 h	[11]
	Antioxidant enzymes
H	Vanadium accumulation	iv	1, 7 d	[12]1
	Antioxidant enzymes

¹Comparison between vanadium (decavanadate, vanadate) and cadmium (5 mmol/L) administration. H: Heart; K: Kidney; L: Liver; B: Blood.