Metal Ions in Biological Systems: Volume 24: Aluminum and its Role in BiologyHelmut Sigel, Astrid Sigel Volume 44, devoted solely to the vital research areas concerning the biogeochemistry of metals and their transport in the environment and availability to living systems, offers 9 timely and authoritative chapters on these fascinating topics by 19 internationally recognized experts. |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
Chapter | 2 |
Chapter | 8 |
Stability Constants Cooperativity in A13+ Hydrolysis Reactions | 27 |
Acetate and Lactate | 28 |
Citrate | 29 |
Fluoride | 31 |
Conditional Stability Constants | 35 |
Concluding Remarks | 150 |
43 | 153 |
50 | 154 |
Chapter 4 | 165 |
Internal Tolerance Mechanisms | 184 |
Concluding Remarks | 191 |
ALUMINUM IN THE DIET AND MINERAL METABOLISM | 199 |
Dietary Factors Affecting Aluminum Retention | 209 |
14 | 39 |
Desferrioxamine and Other Ligands | 42 |
Salicylate 16 Transferrin | 43 |
Catecholamines | 46 |
Nucleotides and Organic Phosphates | 47 |
A13+ Antagonizes Mg2+ more than Ca2+ in Biology | 50 |
References | 52 |
ALUMINUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT | 59 |
Chapter 5 | 60 |
Distribution of Al in Natural Waters | 70 |
Ecological Effects of Elevated Concentrations of Al | 104 |
Conclusions | 111 |
Chapter 3 | 123 |
Mechanisms of Aluminum Phytotoxicity | 132 |
iii | 137 |
1 | 140 |
10 | 141 |
11 | 145 |
Chapter 6 | 217 |
Recognition of AluminumInduced Disease | 226 |
Management of Aluminum Intoxication in Renal Failure | 244 |
Conclusions | 250 |
Chapter 7 | 259 |
Guam Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALSParkinsonism | 272 |
Discussion of Aluminum Accumulation in Neurodegenerative | 278 |
MECHANISMS OF ALUMINUM NEUROTOXICITYRELEVANCE | 285 |
Al Uptake and Transport Mechanism | 291 |
Disease and Foci of Accumulation | 301 |
Chapter 9 | 315 |
Distribution of Aluminum in Serum | 323 |
Conclusion | 337 |
Chapter 10 | 347 |
Transport and Storage | 353 |
Standard Reference Materials and Quality Assurance | 367 |
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Page xii - Though these specific rate constants refer to water exchange in aquo metal ions, they also reflect relative rates of exchange of other ligands.