Biochemistry of Copper

Biochemistry of Copper by Maria C. Linder.

Copper has long been known as essential to living systems, in part through its fundamental role in electron transport and respiration. Over the years into the present, its involvement in an ever increasing number of processes in all kinds of organisms has become apparent, and new and exciting vistas...

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Main Author: Linder, Maria C. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1991.
Edition:1st ed. 1991.
Series:Biochemistry of the Elements ; 10
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Nutrition   .
Medicine.
Biochemistry.
Physical chemistry.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and Overview of Copper as an Element Essential for Life
  • 2. Absorption of Copper from the Digestive Tract
  • 3. Copper Uptake by Nongastrointestinal Vertebrate Cells
  • 4. Extracellular Copper Substituents and Mammalian Copper Transport
  • 5. Excretion of Copper in the Mammal
  • 6. Copper within Vertebrate Cells
  • 7. Copper and Metabolic Regulation
  • 8. Copper in Growth and Development
  • 9. Copper and Disease
  • 10. Copper in Nonvertebrate Organisms
  • Appendix A: Copper Contents of Foods
  • Appendix B: Copper Content of Human and Animal Tissues
  • References.

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