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Oxygen and Living Processes

An Interdisciplinary Approach

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Daniel L. Gilbert

    1. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA
      Laboratory of Biophysics, NINCDS National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine (TEPHY)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. General Aspects of Oxygen

    1. Perspective on the History of Oxygen and Life

      • Daniel L. Gilbert
      Pages 1-43

    2. Historical Introduction to the “Free Radical Theory” of Oxygen Toxicity

      • Rebeca Gerschman
      Pages 44-46

    3. Reactive Forms of Oxygen

      • Sheldon Kanfer, Nicholas J. Turro
      Pages 47-64

    4. The Origin and Astronomical History of Terrestrial Oxygen

      • George H. Herbig
      Pages 65-72

    5. Significance of Oxygen on Earth

      • Daniel L. Gilbert
      Pages 73-101

  3. Biology of Oxygen

    1. Photosynthetic Oxygen Production

      • David C. Mauzerall, Richard G. Piccioni
      Pages 102-123

    2. Oxygen Toxicity in Unicellular Organisms

      • Sheldon F. Gottlieb
      Pages 124-149

    3. Oxygen Exchange in the Metazoa

      • Johannes Piiper, Peter Scheid
      Pages 150-176

    4. Facilitated Oxygen Diffusion by Oxygen Carriers

      • Jonathan B. Wittenberg, Beatrice A. Wittenberg
      Pages 177-199

    5. The Reaction of Oxygen with Cytochrome Oxidase: The Role of Sequestered Intermediates

      • Britton Chance
      Pages 200-209

    6. Biochemical Aspects of Oxygen Toxicity in the Metazoa

      • Gyula B. Kovachich, Niels Haugaard
      Pages 210-234

    7. Antioxidant Defenses

      • Henry J. Forman, Aron B. Fisher
      Pages 235-249

    8. Superoxide Radical and Superoxide Dismutases

      • Irwin Fridovich
      Pages 250-272

  4. Human Aspects of Oxygen

    1. Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity

      • Gary L. Huber, David B. Drath
      Pages 273-342

    2. Oxygen in Closed Environmental Systems

      • Karl E. Schaefer
      Pages 343-357

    3. Oxygen Tension in the Clinical Situation

      • I. A. Silver
      Pages 358-367

    4. Retinopathy of Prematurity and the Role of Oxygen

      • Robert W. Flower, Arnall Patz
      Pages 368-375

  5. Concluding Remarks

    1. Oxygen: An Overall Biological View

      • Daniel L. Gilbert
      Pages 376-392

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 393-401
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About this book

The field of oxygen study is immense. No single work on the subject can be comprehensive, and this volume makes no such claim. Indeed, coverage here is selective and the selection is somewhat personal. However, the choice of topics is vast There are chapters on the history of oxygen, oxygen in the universe, the biochemistry of oxygen, and clinical uses of oxygen. An alternate title could have been, "Some things you always wanted to know about oxygen, but didn't know where to find them easily." Some information in this wide-ranging work can not be found elsewhere. This book is intended not only for specialists, but also for nonspecialists engaged in or curious about any field of oxygen study, particularly if they wish to know more about other fields of oxygen. Thus, those who are interested in oxygen and are historians, astronomers, chemists, geochemists, evolutionists, biochemists, physiolo­ gists, pathologists, or clinicians will find here much of extreme value. It is intended to be read and understood at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. This volume is divided into four parts. The first constitutes the background for Parts II and III, and the last integrates the preceding material with an overall perspective on oxygen in living organisms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA

    Daniel L. Gilbert

  • Laboratory of Biophysics, NINCDS National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Daniel L. Gilbert

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