Overview
- Editors:
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Earl Frieden
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The Florida State University, Tallahasse, USA
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xviii
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- Carl L. Keen, Bo Lönnerdal, Lucille S. Hurley
Pages 89-132
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- Janet S. Borel, Richard A. Anderson
Pages 175-199
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- Barbara J. Stoecker, Leon L. Hopkins
Pages 239-255
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- Forrest H. Nielsen, Eric O. Uthus
Pages 319-340
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- A. M. Reichlmayr-Lais, M. Kirchgessner
Pages 367-387
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- Carol J. Lovatt, W. M. Dugger
Pages 389-421
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Back Matter
Pages 423-426
About this book
The remarkable development of molecular biology has had its counterpart in an impressive growth of a segment of biology that might be described as atomic biology. The past several decades have witnessed an explosive growth in our knowledge of the many elements that are essential for life and maintenance of plants and animals. These essential elements include the bulk elements (hydro gen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur), the macrominerals (sodium, potas sium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, and phosphorus), and the trace elements. This last group includes the ultra trace elements and iron, zinc, and copper. Only the ultratrace elements are featured in this book. Iron has attracted so much research that two volumes are devoted to this metal-The Biochemistry of Non-Heme Iron by A. Bezkoravainy, Plenum Press, 1980, and The Biochemistry of Heme Iron (in preparation). Copper and zinc are also represented by a separate volume in this series. The present volume begins with a discussion of essentiality as applied to the elements and a survey of the entire spectrum of possible required elements.
Editors and Affiliations
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The Florida State University, Tallahasse, USA
Earl Frieden
