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General Principles of Biochemistry of the Elements

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Ei-Ichiro Ochiai

    1. Juniata College, Huntingdon, USA

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Part of the book series: Biochemistry of the Elements (BOTE, volume 7)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Global Aspects of the Biochemistry of the Elements

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      Pages 3-31

    3. Some Basic Principles of the Biochemistry of the Elements

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      Pages 33-49

  3. Chemical Principles of the Biochemistry of the Elements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Oxidation—Reduction and Enzymes and Proteins

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      Pages 53-95

    3. Enzymes and Proteins in the Reactions of Oxygen and Oxygen Derivatives

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      Pages 97-144

    4. Enzymes in Acid-Base Reactions

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      Pages 145-195

    5. Structural Functions

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      Pages 197-211

    6. Miscellaneous Topics

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      Pages 213-234

  4. Chemical Principles of Transport of the Elements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Chemistry of Uptake—Thermodynamic and Kinetic Factors in Passive Transport

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      Pages 237-250

    3. Ionophores, Channels, Transfer Proteins, and Storage Proteins

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      Pages 251-277

    4. Active Transport

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      Pages 279-299

  5. Biological Aspects I—Metabolism of the Elements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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    2. Metabolism of Elements by Bacteria, Fungi, Algae, and Plants

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      Pages 303-319

    3. Metabolism of Elements in Mammals and Vertebrates

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      Pages 321-342

  6. Biological Aspects II—Toxicity of and Defense against the Elements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 343-343
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    2. Oxygen—Its Toxicity and Defense against It

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      Pages 345-360

    3. Toxicity of Heavy Metals

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      Pages 361-395
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About this book

The present book might be regarded as a sequel to my previous work, Bioinorganic Chemistry: An Introduction (Allyn and Bacon, 1977). The latter is essentially a collection of chemical and physical data pertinent to an understanding of the biological functions of the various elements and the proteins dependent on them. The ten years since its publication have seen an enormous increase in research activity in this area, hence of research papers. A number of monographs and review series on specific topics have also appeared, including the volumes in the series of which the present volume is a part. Nevertheless, a gap has developed between the flood of information available at a detailed level (papers and reviews) and a general description of the underlying principles of biofunctions of the elements as presently conceived. It is hoped that this book will help bridge this gap and at the same time provide an overview of the entire Biochemistry of the Elements series. Specifically, the work attempts to focus on "why" questions, especially, "Why has an element been chosen by organisms for a specific biofunction?" and "Why does an element behave the way it does in biological systems?" It therefore complements my 1977 book and, together with Laboratory Introduction to Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (E. -I. Ochiai and D. R. Williams, Macmillan, 1979), completes a trilogy on the topic of bioinorganic chemistry. This book consists of five parts. Two chapters constitute Part I.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Juniata College, Huntingdon, USA

    Ei-Ichiro Ochiai

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: General Principles of Biochemistry of the Elements

  • Authors: Ei-Ichiro Ochiai

  • Series Title: Biochemistry of the Elements

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5371-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5373-7Published: 22 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5371-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 461

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Physical Chemistry

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