Metal Ions in Biological Systems: Volume 31: Vanadium and its Role for Life

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Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel
CRC Press, Feb 22, 1995 - Science - 824 pages
"Volume 31, devoted solely to the role of vanadium in life processes, offers a comprehensive and timely account of this fascinating field by 37 distinguished, international authorities. Highlights the properties of the various oxidation states of vanadium, their affinity for biogenic ligands, the effects of vanadium species on enzyme activity, the role of vanadium in nitrogenases and haloperoxidases, and more."
 

Contents

Redox Chemistry of Vanadium
14
Chapter
15
Coordination Compounds as Models for Biogenic
20
Miscellaneous
30
Chapter 2
32
SOLUTION PROPERTIES OF VANADIUMIII WITH
45
Chapter 12
48
VanadiumIII in Ascidian Blood Cells
74
Tunichrome Complexation and Redox Chemistry
439
Ascidian Ecophysiology
450
Outlook
472
Chapter 14
491
Chemical Speciation of Vanadium in Living Organisms
499
Physiological Roles of Vanadium
505
VANADIUM TRANSPORT IN ANIMAL SYSTEMS
511
Absorption
518

Chapter 3
89
Structure Determination by EPR and ENDOR
103
Application of Vanadyl as a Structural Probe of Biological
120
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129
Solid VanadylIVNucleotide Complexes
137
Vanadates in Aqueous Solution
150
Simple Complexes
159
Chapter 6
211
Chapter 7
231
Chapter 8
249
Enzyme Activation by VanadiumIV
272
Chapter 9
287
Chapter 10
325
Chapter 11
363
Outlook
398
AMAVADIN THE VANADIUM COMPOUND
407
Stereochemistry of the Organic Ligand
413
Conclusion
419
Plasma Transport
526
Cellular Transport
532
Chapter 16
543
Essentiality
555
Assessment of Status
561
Chapter 17
575
Acute Studies and Glucose Clamp Investigations
585
ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF VANADIUM COMPOUNDS
595
Conclusions and Perspectives
610
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617
Optical Spectroscopies
634
51V Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
661
Sample Preparations
674
AUTHOR INDEX
689
SUBJECT INDEX
751
Their Ligating Ambivalency
767
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