Oxygen and Living Processes An Interdisciplinary Approach
The field of oxygen study is immense. No single work on the subject can be comprehensive, and this volume makes no such claim. Indeed, coverage here is selective and the selection is somewhat personal. However, the choice of topics is vast There are chapters on the history of oxygen, oxygen in the u...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1981, 1981
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1981 |
| Series: | Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: General Aspects of Oxygen
- 1 Perspective on the History of Oxygen and Life
- 2 Historical Introduction to the “Free Radical Theory” of Oxygen Toxicity
- 3 Reactive Forms of Oxygen
- 4 The Origin and Astronomical History of Terrestrial Oxygen
- 5 Significance of Oxygen on Earth
- II: Biology of Oxygen
- 6 Photosynthetic Oxygen Production
- 7 Oxygen Toxicity in Unicellular Organisms
- 8 Oxygen Exchange in the Metazoa
- 9 Facilitated Oxygen Diffusion by Oxygen Carriers
- 10 The Reaction of Oxygen with Cytochrome Oxidase: The Role of Sequestered Intermediates
- 11 Biochemical Aspects of Oxygen Toxicity in the Metazoa
- 12 Antioxidant Defenses
- 13 Superoxide Radical and Superoxide Dismutases
- III: Human Aspects of Oxygen
- 14 Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity
- 15 Oxygen in Closed Environmental Systems
- 16 Oxygen Tension in the Clinical Situation
- 17 Retinopathy of Prematurity and the Role of Oxygen
- IV: Concluding Remarks
- 18 Oxygen: An Overall Biological View
- V. Summary
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