02177oam 2200433 450 991073373360332120190911112726.03-7091-1637-610.1007/978-3-7091-1637-1(OCoLC)867820099(MiFhGG)GVRL6WRN(EXLCZ)99371000000007780320131203d2013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrBilirubin Jekyll and Hyde pigment of life : pursuit of its structure through two world wars to the new millenium /author, David A. Lightner1st ed. 2013.Vienna :Springer,2013.1 online resource (xvi, 798 pages) illustrations (some color)Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products,2191-7043 ;98"ISSN: 2191-7043."3-7091-1636-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Early scientific investigations -- Advent of the Bilirubin structure proof -- A modern proof of Bilirubin structure emerges -- Preparing the way to the constitutional structure of Bilirubin -- The status of Bilirubin in 1930 -- Evolution of the constitutional and conformational structure of Bilirubin -- Analysis of Bilirubin in three dimensions -- Understanding and translating Bilirubin structure -- Bilirubin -- Quod erat faciendum -- Bibliography -- Translations.The book covers the totality of bilirubin (and heme, from which bilirubin is derived biogenetically), the structural relationship of bilirubin to its solution properties and metabolism, and to phototherapy for the jaundiced newborn - a common medical procedure used nowadays for lowering serum bilirubin, which is neurotoxic.Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe ;98.BilirubinBilirubin.573.38379Lightner David Aauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut96114MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910733733603321Bilirubin3871324UNINA