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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146099903321

Titolo

Silicon biochemistry [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [West Sussex] ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1986

ISBN

1-282-34584-2

9786612345845

0-470-51332-2

0-470-51333-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 121

Altri autori (Persone)

EveredDavid

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

574.19

574.19214

Soggetti

Silicon - Physiological effect

Organosilicon compounds

Silicon in the body

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editors: David Evered (organizer) and Maeve O'Connor.

Based on the Symposium on Silicon Biochemistry, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 17-19 September 1985.

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Silicon biochemistry; Contents; Participants; General introduction; Sources and speciation of aluminium and silicon in natuial waters; Introduction to silicon chemistry and biochemistry; Structural aspects of biogenic silica; Silicification by diatoms; Silica in higher plants; General discussion; A primer on organosilicon chemistry; Silicon as an essential trace element in animal nutrition; Biological implications of the interaction (via silanol groups) of silicon with.metal ions; Aluminosilicates and the ageing brain: implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Effects of silica on lung collagenUrinary and serum silicon in normal and uraemic individuals; Silica and oesophageal cancer; Biocompatibility of silicates for medical use; Final general discussion;



Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and is found in water, plants and organisms. The contributors decribe how silica gets into and out of organisms and discuss how essential or harmful silicon or silicon-based compounds are in higher animals.