Metals and life
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Metals and life
RSC Pub. in association with the Open University, c2010
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"Metals and life and Concepts in Transition Metal Chemistry have been written as part of the Open University course S347 Metals and Life and are designed to work as stand-alone textbooks"--Half-title verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-215) and index
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Description
Metals play a vital role in the metabolism of plants and animals and, increasingly, in medicine. This book provides an introduction to the metals essential to life and ligands of biological importance. It considers the uptake of metals, their transport and ultimately their storage, illustrated in particular with the story of iron in the body. It also considers Na, K and Ca ion channels and biomineralisation and covers the key roles that metals and their complexes play in living systems, for example in respiration and photosynthesis. The last chapter (delivered online) considers metal toxicity and deficiency as well as the role that metals play in medicine, looking at both diagnostics and therapy, and in the forefront of inorganic research.
Table of Contents
Introduction Ligands and biological significance Metal uptake - increasing the solubility of iron Metal transport Metal storage Biomineralisation The role of metal-containing proteins in biological processes Some key biological processes Additional online material: Metals in medicine
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