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Biochemical lesions and lethal synthesis /

International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology, Volume 18: Biochemical Lesions and Lethal Synthesis focuses on biochemical lesions. The book first discusses biochemical lesions in thiamine deficiency and arsenical substances and biochemical lesions. The text also examines biochemical...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peters, Rudolph Albert, Sir (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1963.
Colección:International series of monographs on pure and applied biology. Division, Modern trends in physiological sciences.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Biochemical Lesions and Lethal Synthesis; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART 1:; CHAPTER 1. Introductory; CHAPTER 2. Biochemical Lesion in Thiamine Deficiency; THE ORIGIN OF THE VARIOUS SIGNS IN THIAMINE DEFICIENCY AND THEIR RELATION TO POLYNEURITIS AND TO BERI-BERI; OTHER WORK; SOME FURTHER BIOCHEMICAL POINTS (see also Note 2); FINAL REMARKS; NOTES ON CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3. Arsenical Substances and Biochemical Lesions; MONO SUBSTITUTED ARSENICALS; DISUBSTITUTED ARSENICALS; SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS; CLINICAL TRIALS; SUMMARY; APPENDIX
  • CHAPTER 4. The Biochemical Lesion in Mustard Gas PoisoningSULPHONE AND SULPHOXIDE; VESICATION; CROSS-LINKING; THE DEFINITION OF RADIOMIMETIC AND MUTAGENIC; AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRESENT POSITION; NOTES ON CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5. Inhibitors of Enzymes Containing Thiol Groups and Toxicity; CELL DIVISION AND THIOL AGENTS; EPIDEMIC DROPSY AND SANGUINARINE; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 6. Lethal Synthesis and Carbon-fluorine Compounds; LETHAL SYNTHESIS; CARBON-FLUORINE COMPOUNDS. Na FLUOROACETATE (FCH2. COONa); THE BIOCHEMICAL LESION INDUCED BY FLUOROCITRATE; THE ENZYME CONCERNED; OTHER ENZYMES
  • SYNTHESIS OF FLUOROCITRIC ACIDOTHER CARBON-FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; SUMMARY; EFFECTS UPON THE METABOLISM OF THE WHOLE ANIMAL; SOME PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; OTHER PLANTS; SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF FLUOROCITRATE in vivo; SUMMARY; NOTES TO CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7. Other Work upon Lethal Synthesis, and Lethal Incorporation; FLUOROPYRIMIDINES; ACUTE LEUKAEMIA AND FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; CHAPTER 8. The Biochemical Lesion in Burns and the Effect of Temperature; STUDY OF THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE BURN SITE; THERMAL INJURY IN THE BOTANICAL WORLD; SUMMARY
  • CHAPTER 9. Some Historical Points and other Biochemical LesionsA CONCLUDING MISCELLANY; INBORN ERRORS; MUSCULAR CONTRACTION; CHOLINESTERASE; ANTIMETABOLITES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES TO CHAPTER 9; PART 2:; CHAPTER 10. Cell Integration; LINACRE LECTURE: THE CHALLENGE OF THE LIVING CELL
  • NOTES ON THE LINACRE LECTURE; SUMMARY TO CHAPTER; APPENDIX 1: THE HARBEN LECTURES, 1929; LECTURE I. CELL SURFACES; LECTURE II.* THE MINISTERS OF METABOLIC CHANGE; LECTURE III.* TISSUE ANARCHY; APPENDIX 2: SURFACE STRUCTURE IN THE INTEGRATION OF CELL ACTIVITY; Author Index; Subject Index