Sigel Lead: Its Effects on Environment and Health

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-11-043433-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 17, 596 Seiten

Reihe: Metal Ions in Life Sciences

Volume 17, entitled Lead: Its Effects on Environment and Health of the series Metal Ions in Life Sciences centers on the interrelations between biosystems and lead. The book provides an up-to-date review of the bioinorganic chemistry of this metal and its ions; it covers the biogeochemistry of lead, its use (not only as gasoline additive) and anthropogenic release into the environment, its cycling and speciation in the atmosphere, in waters, soils, and sediments, and also in mammalian organs. The analytical tools to determine and to quantify this toxic element in blood, saliva, urine, hair, etc. are described. The properties of lead(II) complexes formed with amino acids, peptides, proteins (including metallothioneins), nucleobases, nucleotides, nucleic acids, and other ligands of biological relevance are summarized for the solid state and for aqueous solutions as well. All this is important for obtaining a coherent picture on the properties of lead, its effects on plants and toxic actions on mammalian organs. This and more is treated in an authoritative and timely manner in the 16 stimulating chapters of Volume 17, which are written by 36 internationally recognized experts from 13 nations. The impact of this recently again vibrant research area is manifested in nearly 2000 references, over 50 tables and more than 100 illustrations (half in color). Lead: Its Effects on Environment and Health is an essential resource for scientists working in the wide range from material sciences, inorganic biochemistry all the way through to medicine including the clinic ... not forgetting that it also provides excellent information for teaching.

Zielgruppe

Scientists in biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, environmental ch

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sigel, Astrid

Sigel, Helmut

Sigel, Roland K.O.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Aoki, Katsuyuki

Aschner, Michael

Cullen, Jay T.

Farkas, Etelka

Filella, Montserrat

Hauser, Peter

Klotz, Katrin

Küpper, Hendrik

Maret, Wolfgang

Stewart, Theodora J.

Stillman, Martin J.

Pecoraro, Vincent L.

Pohl, Hana R.

Tylkowski, Bartosz

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Anorganische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Biochemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the Contents: - The Bioinorganic Chemistry of Lead
- The Biogeochemistry of Lead, Its Release to the Environment, and Its Speciation
- Determination of Lead in Biological Samples
- Solid State Structures of Lead Complexes with Relevance for Biological Systems
- Lead(II) Complexes of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Other Related Ligands of Biological
Interest
- Lead(II) and Metallothioneins
- Lead(II) Binding in Natural and Artificial Proteins
- Complex Formation of Lead(II) with Nucleotides and Their Constituents
- Nucleic Acid-Lead(II) Interactions (including leadzymes)
- Tetraalkyllead(IV) Derivatives: Their Use in Technology and Their Impact on the Environment
- Lead Toxicity in Plants
- Toxicology of Lead and Its Damage to Mammalian Organs

Über Autor(innen)

Helmut und Astrid Sigel, University of Basel, Switzerland. Roland K. O. Sigel, University of Zürich, Switzerland.