Group 13 Chemistry II

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Acute Aluminum Intoxication

   • Kenrick Berend, Gijsbert B. van der Voet, Frederik A. de Wolff

   Pages 1-58

3. A New Effect of Aluminum on Iron Metabolism in Mammalian Cells

   • Satoru Oshiro

   Pages 59-77

4. The Complexity of Aluminum-DNA Interactions: Relevance to Alzheimer’s and Other Neurological Diseases

   • Suram Anitha, Kosagi Sharaf Jagannatha Rao

   Pages 79-97

5. Aluminum: Interaction with Nucleotides and Nucleotidases and Analytical Aspects of Its Determination

   • Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger, Vera Maria Morsch, Denise Bohrer

   Pages 99-137

6. Aluminofluoride Complexes in the Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease

   • Anna Strunecká, Jiri Patočka

   Pages 139-180

7. Fluoroaluminate Chemistry

   • B. Conley, D. A. Atwood

   Pages 181-194

8. Back Matter

   Pages 195-200

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Aluminum, bound almost exclusively to oxygen in various combinations, is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust and, therefore, of great commercial potential. Once methods were developed (in the 1880's) to free useable quantities of the element from oxygen, applications for the element began developing rapidly. This growth has resulted in the ubiquity of the metal in today's world. Therefore it can be found intentionally introduced in many products in direct contact with human beings. It is commonly known that soluble forms of aluminum aretoxic to living organisms. However, aluminum is not known to be bioavailable under everyday conditions. In fact, the solubility product of common aluminum compounds, such as AI(OH)3 is so low as to make it essentially unavailable. This volume of Structure and Bonding seeks to provide in one source, a resource where the basic science related to aluminum toxicity may be obtained. It should be stressed that this volume is not intended to be a warning to avoid contact with aluminum. Living organisms have adequate defenses to prevent aluminum toxicity under normal conditions. Rather the volume was created to simply provide an understanding of the biological effects of aluminum. As such, the present volume should be considered in the context of the companion volumes in this three part series of Structure and Bonding. The first volume was devoted to fundamental developments in group 13 chemistry.

• Cell Biology
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Materials Science
• Neuroscience
• Nucleotide
• Physical Chemistry
• Physiologie
• Physiology
• Termination
• cells
• metabolism

• Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

  Herbert W. Roesky

• Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

  David A. Atwood

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