The Hormones
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The Hormones

Physiology, Chemistry, and Applications

  1. 702 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Hormones

Physiology, Chemistry, and Applications

About this book

The Hormones: Physiology, Chemistry, and Applications, Volume IV provides information pertinent to the nature and function of hormones. This book presents unexpected findings in such diverse fields as the nature and activities of glucagon, the hormones regulating insect growth, as well as the synthesis, metabolism, and secretion of the catecholamines. Organized into 11 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the diversity of physiological effects of auxins. This text then explores the chemical nature, mechanisms of inactivation, and mode of synthesis of insect growth hormones. Other chapters consider hormone participation in some processes among coelenterates, platyhelminths, and echinoderms. This book discusses as well the status of information on endocrine mechanisms in the lower vertebrates. The final chapter deals with the potential advantages of immunoassay over bioassay procedures, which include high sensitivity and specificity. This book is a valuable resource for organic chemists, biochemists, endocrinologists, morphologists, physiologists, students, and research workers.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Hormones: Physiology, Chemistry, and Applications
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors to Volume IV
  6. Preface
  7. Contents of Volume I
  8. Chapter I. Plant Hormones
  9. Chapter II. Hormones Regulating Insect Growth
  10. Chapter Ill. Hormones in Invertebrates Other Than Insects
  11. Chapter IV. Endocrinology of Poikilothermic Vertebrates
  12. Chapter V. Hormones and the Control of Color
  13. Chapter VI. Gastrointestinal Hormones
  14. Chapter VII. 5-Hydroxytryptamin (Serotonin, Enteramine, 5HT)
  15. Chapter VIII. The Catecholamines: Biosynthesis, Storage and Release, Metabolism, and Metabolic Effects
  16. Chapter IX. Insulin
  17. Chapter X. Glucagon
  18. Chapter XI. Immunoassay of Protein Hormones
  19. Author Index
  20. Subject Index