A Review: Lanthanide Complexes and Their Biological Importance

The present review stems from our interest in biological property of lanthanide complexes derived with different kinds of ligands or organic compounds. Lots of research on lanthanide metals and their complexes have been done and numerous research articles are published till to day. Lanthanide ions and their compounds received the industrial and academic attention due to their great medicinal importance. Lots of biologically important organic compounds are reported as more biologically active compounds on complexation with lanthanide metals/ions. From many research articles it has been reported that lanthanide metals with various organic compounds can act as optimum antimicrobial agents as well as various kinds of therapeutic agents also.