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UNINA9910830784403321 |
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Titolo |
Cyanide compounds in biology [[electronic resource]] |
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Chichester, U.K. ; ; New York, : J. Wiley, 1988 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-34757-8 |
9786612347573 |
0-470-51371-3 |
0-470-51372-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 140 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cyanides - Physiological effect |
Cyanides - Metabolism |
Cyanides - Metabolic detoxification |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
"Symposium on Cyanide compounds in biology, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 15-17 March 1988"--P. v. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CYANIDE COMPOUNDS IN BIOLOGY; Contents; Participants; Introduction; Cyanide utilization and degradation by microorganisms; Microbial hydrolysis of organic nitriles and amides; The industrial potential of microbial nitrile biochemistry; Cyanogenic glucosides: the biosynthetic pathway and the enzyme system involved; Localization and catabolism of cyanogenic glycosides; Detoxification of cyanide by plants and hormone action; The molecular biology of cyanogenesis; Cyanogenesis and the role of cyanogenic compounds in insects; Cyanogenesis in animal-plant interactions; General discussion |
Determination of cyanide and cyanogenic compounds systems in biologicalMammalian cyanide detoxification with sulphane sulphur; Nutritional and biochemical factors influencing the biological effects of cyanide; The mechanism of cyanide intoxication and its antagonism; Final general discussion; Chairman's summary; Index of Contributors; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Comprises the proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba |
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