Mossbauer spectroscopy of iron containing biomolecules and model compoundsin biomedical research

Mossbauer spectroscopy is a useful technique to study the iron containing b iological molecules and model compounds. This review considers the main res ults of biomedical applications of Mossbauer spectroscopy and shows the var ious possibilities of this technique to study qualitative (structural) and quantitative changes of iron containing biomolecules during pathological pr ocesses or under effect of environmental factors. Some structural differenc es of pharmaceutically important biomolecules and model compounds revealed with Mossbauer spectroscopy are also considered. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.