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Silicon biochemistry [[electronic resource]]



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Titolo: Silicon biochemistry [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester [West Sussex] ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1986
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina: 574.19
574.19214
Soggetto topico: Silicon - Physiological effect
Organosilicon compounds
Silicon in the body
Altri autori: EveredDavid  
O'ConnorMaeve  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Silicon biochemistry  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-34584-2
9786612345845
0-470-51332-2
0-470-51333-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910643217503321
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Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 121.