The chemistry of health.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.)
- ناشر : [Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institute
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2000
- شابک / ISBN : 555555555555
Description
Contents FOREWORD IV THE PATHWAYS OF LIFE VI CHAPTER 1: ACTIONS AND REACTIONS 2 It’s a Gas! 4 Chemical Biology in Action: Just Say NO 5 Folic Acid Saves the Day 6 Building Blocks 8 From Mice to…Bacteria? 10 Chemical Biology in Action: Chemistry to the Rescue 11 Question Box: Computer Labs 12 CHAPTER 2: HARNESSING BIOLOGY’S MAGIC 14 It’s Biology, It’s Chemistry…It’s Engineering! 14 Endless Possibilities 16 Chemistry for a Greener World 17 Tiny Bits of Help 18 Metals Can Be Good for You… 19 …or Metals Can Be Bad for You 20 Metals in Health and Disease 20 Question Box: Future Factories 21 CHAPTER 3: SUGARS AND FATS: ARE WE WHAT WE EAT? 22 Form and Function 23 Fats That Protect Bacteria Can Harm People 25 Sugar-Coated Proteins 26 Chemical Biology in Action: Sticky Situations 27 A Complicated Recipe 28 One-Pot Synthesis 31 Question Box: Putting Things in Order 32 CHAPTER 4: A CHEMIST’S TOOLBOX 34 A Model Cell 35 This Is Organic Chemistry? 36 A Room Without Much View 38 Pass the Chip, Please 39 The Many Faces of DNA 41 Question Box: Life on the Edge 44 CHAPTER 5: THE HEALING POWER OF CHEMISTRY 46 Looking to Sea 47 Making Medicines 50 Chemical Biology in Action: Library Research Pays Off 51 Getting It Left or Getting It Right? 52 Losing Medicines 55 Chemical Biology in Action: The Shape of Things to Come 56 Making Good Medicines Better 57 Question Box: Tools for New Medicines 58 CHEMISTRY FOR THE FUTURE 60 GLOSSARY 61
