The Uniqueness of Biological Materials
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The Uniqueness of Biological Materials

International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology

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The Uniqueness of Biological Materials

International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology

About this book

The Uniqueness of Biological Materials deals with the unique properties of biological materials, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids and the extent to which this uniqueness is related to the uniqueness of life in general. More specifically, it examines whether the uniqueness of life is inherent in the material of living organisms. This volume is comprised of 32 chapters and begins with an introduction to the nature of biological uniqueness and how it is related to the uniqueness of life by comparing the elemental composition of living organisms with that of their environment. The discussion then turns to the uniqueness of hydrogen and oxygen which make up water; carbon; carbohydrates; and ternary compounds that are more fully oxidized than carbohydrates. Ternary compounds of intermediate grades of reduction are also considered, along with fatty acids and related lipids, paraffins, and olefins and ternary unsaturated compounds. Other biological materials discussed include peptides, proteins, amino acids, and halogens. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of biology and biochemistry.

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Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080107486
eBook ISBN
9781483156705
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Uniqueness of Biological Materials
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. ABBREVIATIONS USED
  8. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
  9. CHAPTER 2. HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN
  10. CHAPTER 3. THE UNIQUENESS OF CARBON
  11. CHAPTER 4. CARBOHYDRATES
  12. CHAPTER 5. TERNARY COMPOUNDS MORE FULLY OXIDISED THAN CARBOHYDRATES
  13. CHAPTER 6. TERNARY COMPOUNDS OF INTERMEDIATE GRADES OF REDUCTION
  14. CHAPTER 7. FATTY ACIDS AND RELATED LIPIDS
  15. CHAPTER 8. PARAFFINS (CnH2n+2)
  16. CHAPTER 9. OLEFINES AND TERNARY UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS
  17. CHAPTER 10. AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND THEIR TERNARY COMPOUNDS
  18. CHAPTER 11. HETEROCYCLIC TERNARY COMPOUNDS
  19. CHAPTER 12. THE UNIQUENESS OF NITROGEN
  20. CHAPTER 13. AMINO ACIDS
  21. CHAPTER 14. PEPTIDES
  22. CHAPTER 15. PROTEINS
  23. CHAPTER 16. OTHER OPEN CHAIN NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
  24. CHAPTER 17. HETEROCYCLIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS: PYRROLES AND PORPHYRINS
  25. CHAPTER 18. PYRIDINE AND PIPERIDINE COMPOUNDS
  26. CHAPTER 19. COMPOUNDS WITH MORE THAN ONE NITROGEN ATOM PER RING
  27. CHAPTER 20. PYRIMIDINES, PURINES, NUCLEOTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
  28. CHAPTER 21. PTERIDINES
  29. CHAPTER 22. OXAZINES
  30. CHAPTER 23. SULPHUR COMPOUNDS
  31. CHAPTER 24. PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
  32. CHAPTER 25. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL INORGANIC IONS
  33. CHAPTER 26. THE CATALYTIC METALS
  34. CHAPTER 27. THE HALOGENS
  35. CHAPTER 28. SILICON AND BORON
  36. CHAPTER 29. HIGHER GRADES OF ORGANISATION
  37. CHAPTER 30. HOW UNIQUE?
  38. CHAPTER 31. OTHER FORMS OF LIFE?
  39. CHAPTER 32. THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL UNIQUENESS
  40. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  41. AUTHOR INDEX
  42. SUBJECT INDEX
  43. OTHER TITLES IN THE ZOOLOGY DIVISION

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