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UNINA9910830032703321 |
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Silicon biochemistry [[electronic resource]] |
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Chichester [West Sussex] ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1986 |
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1-282-34584-2 |
9786612345845 |
0-470-51332-2 |
0-470-51333-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 121 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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EveredDavid |
O'ConnorMaeve |
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Silicon - Physiological effect |
Organosilicon compounds |
Silicon in the body |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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." |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNINA9910894873903321 |
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African development report / African Development Bank Group |
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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, : African Development Bank, 1998- |
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Oxford, : Oxford Univ. Press, 1998-2009 |
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