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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827879903321

Titolo

Biological roles of copper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Excerpta Medica

New York : , : Elsevier/North Holland, , 1980

ISBN

9786613694287

9781280783890

1280783893

9780470720622

047072062X

9780470718308

0470718307

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 79 (new ser.)

Disciplina

599.01/9214

Soggetti

Copper in the body

Copper - Physiological effect

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Biological Roles of Copper; Contents; Introduction; Dietary sources of copper; Discussion; Absorption, transport and distribution of copper; Discussion; Metabolic interactions of copper with other trace elements; Discussion; Copper proteins and copper enzymes; Discussion; Caeruloplasmin: a multi-functional metalloprotein of vertebrate plasma; Discussion; Superoxide dismutases; Discussion; Copper, biogenic amines, and amine oxidases; Discussion; General discussion; Pathology and diagnosis of copper deficiency; Copper and the synthesis of elastin and collagen; Discussion

Copper deficiency in ruminants; Discussion; Copper deficiency in humans; Discussion; Copper in fetal and neonatal development; Discussion; Copper and neurological function; Discussion; Copper and hepatic function; Discussion; Therapeutic uses of copper-chelating agents; Discussion; Anaerobic potentiation of copper toxicity and some environmental considerations; Discussion; Final general discussion;



Chairman's closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.