Bilirubin: Jekyll and Hyde Pigment of Life

Pursuit of Its Structure Through Two World Wars to the New Millenium

David A. Lightner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVI, 798 Seiten

2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Springer Wien (Verlag)
978-3-7091-1981-5 (ISBN)

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The book covers the totality of bilirubin (and heme from which bilirubin is derived biogenetically) the structural relationship of bilirubin to its solution properties and metabolism and to phototherapy for the jaundiced newborn - a common medical procedure used nowadays for lowering serum bilirubin, which is neurotoxic.

Early scientific investigations.- Advent of the Bilirubin structure proof.- A modern proof of Bilirubin structure emerges.- Preparing the way to the constitutional structure of Bilirubin.- The status of Bilirubin in 1930.- Evolution of the constitutional and conformational structure of Bilirubin.- Analysis of Bilirubin in three dimensions.- Understanding and translating Bilirubin structure.- Bilirubin.- Quod erat faciendum.- Bibliography.- Translations.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.08.2016
Reihe/Serie	Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 798 p. 17 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Vienna
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
Schlagworte	Bile Pigment Isolation • Bile Pigments • bilirubin • Bilirubin Structure • biochemistry • Chemistry and Materials Science • Jaundiced Newborn • medical biochemistry • medicinal chemistry • Organic Chemistry
ISBN-10	3-7091-1981-2 / 3709119812
ISBN-13	978-3-7091-1981-5 / 9783709119815
Zustand	Neuware